Google implementing native video chat tech into Chrome

By on Jun 22, 2011 at 11:11 PM
Software June 22, 2011

Google has started to build its open-source WebRTC software into its Chrome web browser, according to CNET. WebRTC was introduced in May as a new open tech that allows developers to create quick HTML and Javascript APIs for building voice and video chat applications on the web. With WebRTC built into Chrome, users would presumably be able to initiate video chats over Gmail’s Google Talk chat application without the need for installing Google’s plug-in first. “Our goal is to enable Chrome with Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via simple Javascript APIs,” Henrik Andreasson, a Google employee on the WebRTC project said. “We are working hard to provide full RTC support in Chrome all the way from WebKit down to the native audio and video parts.”

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  • Anonymous

    Google, please buy Sprint…goodnight.

    • Anonymous

      I would like the same, but not sure FCC would even allow that at all.

  • Lechero

    yay, more security vulnerabilities. woot woot.

  • Anonymous

    It seems like Chrome is going the same way as Firefox: starting out as a lean, mean, browsing machine that does exactly what you want, but picking up so many built-in features that should be handled at the OS or plugin level that it will eventually become a big bloated mess that tries to be everything for everyone. Built-in Flash, built-in video decoder, built-in PDF reader, built-in video chat, what’s next?

    From Google’s perspective I can understand where they are going with Chrome: to an all-browser-based operating system (Chrome OS). Personally I think that’s a mistake and they will find out fast enough that people don’t want that kind of thing.

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