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What to do with all these (get)Stats?
Many of our partners eventually find themselves asking how to tell whether their users tend to experience good quality while using the OpenTok Platform. As time has taught us, this can be a difficult...
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Introducing Video Chat Embed: Easiest Way to Demo the OpenTok Platform
At TokBox we’re always trying to find ways to improve your development experience. We pride ourselves on offering clear documentation, helpful tutorials and tools to accelerate the integration of...
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TokBox Extends Reach of Interactive Broadcast to Millions
Last year TokBox introduced the OpenTok Interactive Broadcast API. Ours became the first platform to marry the real-time capability of WebRTC with the reach of HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). The...
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Innovation in the City – Video Hack Day NY 2017
On Saturday March 11th, TokBox joined Ziggeo to co-host the third annual Video Hack Day at General Assembly in New York City. The one-day hackathon event saw creative web and mobile developers from the...
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Introducing the Windows SDK for the OpenTok Platform
Today we’re rolling out our new Windows SDK into public-beta. This means that you can build live video applications and services that work seamlessly across iOS, Android, Web and Windows desktops,...
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Smarter Live Video Applications with new OpenTok REST APIs
Across many industries and use cases, developers on the OpenTok platform are creating live video applications that enable life changing experiences. Whether it is doctor-patient care, online tutoring,...
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Building a Snapchat-like app with WebRTC in the browser
In light of the recent Snapchat IPO I thought it would be interesting to see whether it is possible to build a Snapchat-like app using WebRTC in a browser. The good news is that thanks to some new...
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The Pre-call Test: Our New Performance Diagnostic Tool
A new tool to test connectivity, expected call quality, client hardware, and client software Whether you’re in the healthcare industry or have a social app, it’s likely you’ve had difficulties...
View ArticleBuild with the OpenTok Platform Starting at $9.99/month
Today we’re announcing the reduction of our minimum monthly fee from $50 to just $9.99. This rate includes your first 2,000 subscribed minutes. If you have an application that uses 2,000 minutes or...
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Google I/O: Kotlin for Android will Simplify User Experience Development
At Google I/O 17 this week, Google unveiled one of the most important Android developer announcements in recent years. There is now an official alternative to Java for Android app development, and that...
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New Custom Layout Controls for Content Creators
In addition to powering live video experiences, TokBox is also in the business of making it simple to create content. Whether it’s for a social live stream that is delivered to millions of viewers, or...
View ArticleNew Release: OpenTok iOS, Android & JS 2.11
We are excited to announce the release of the OpenTok 2.11 Client SDKs which were released recently. What’s New? Audio tuning API – We have added the ability to set the desired audio bitrate across...
View ArticleWhy We’re Excited About WebRTC Support in iOS 11 and Safari
I’ve been waiting a long time to be able to publish this blog post. It was easy to miss, but if you were paying close attention to today’s WWDC keynote you would have seen Apple indicating WebRTC...
View ArticleThe OpenTok Platform, Now for Safari 11 in Beta
Today we’re rolling out an exciting new beta – the OpenTok.js SDK 2.12. With this release developers can begin building beta projects that are compatible with Safari 11. That’s right, WebRTC is...
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Hacking Social Video: Building a Group Live Video App Part 1
Looking at the top charts of your favorite mobile app store you’ll find two kinds of apps, games and social apps. Without a doubt, social platforms are where you’ll spend a big chunk of your internet...
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Hacking Social Video: Building a Group Live Video App: Part 2
Part 2 – Creating the best possible user experience for social video apps In Part 1, we looked at some of the key considerations for building a group live video app for mobile along the lines of...
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Creating a true voice call experience with OpenTok and CallKit
In previous posts, we have looked at some key considerations for building apps for social video calling on mobile devices, and some of the features you can include to make sure your users have a great...
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How we test WebRTC live video sessions for massive audiences
Co-authored by Tiffany Walsh, Patrick Quinn-Graham, and Michael Sander. We recently announced the launch of our large-scale Interactive broadcast capabilities, including the option to publish to a wide...
View ArticleWelcome Windows Developers!
We’re happy to say that last week, as part of the 2.12 release of our client SDKs, we graduated the OpenTok Windows Client SDK out of beta. This SDK allows Windows developers to add rich, immersive...
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Introducing our brand new Developer Evangelist!
Hey everyone, my name is Manik and I’m happy to say I’ve recently joined TokBox as the Developer Evangelist. I’m extremely excited to be a part of a company that’s creating an ecosystem for real-time...
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