This document discusses the timeline and adoption of WebRTC from 2011-2015. It summarizes the introduction and growing browser support of WebRTC over the years, including Chrome and Firefox adding support in 2011-2013. It also outlines how Opera, Microsoft and Android browsers began integrating WebRTC in 2013-2014. Finally, it provides an overview of the expanding WebRTC ecosystem and popular use cases that have emerged.

1. WebRTC
Timeline and Forecast
Are we there yet?
April 2015
Tsahi Levent-Levi

2. 2
WebRTC offers real time communication
natively from a web browser
WebRTC is a media engine with
JavaScript APIs

3. On2 & GIPS Acquisitions
Assets Customers Google’s
Target
On2 Feb 2010 VPx video codecs Adobe WebM
GIPS May 2010 iLBC, iSAC voice codecs
Voice Engine
Video Engine
Skype, Google,
Yahoo, Avaya,
…
WebRTC
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4. 4
2013
2012
May 2011: WebRTC Announced
Google releases WebRTC source code for
the first time under a permissive BSD
license
Nov 2011: Chrome 23 adds WebRTC
No optional flag is required. Data channel
capabilities not supported
Jan 2013: Firefox 20 adds WebRTC
First release of Firefox supporting WebRTC.
Comes with GetUserMedia support only,
which gives access to the local camera
Feb 2013: Interoperability
Initial interoperability between Chrome
and Firefox browsers achieved. This is still
early on in the process, so things still don't
work as expected, but this is an indication of
things to come
Jun 2013: Firefox 22 released
First Firefox release that officially supports the ability to
make video calls as well as use the Data channel API Jul 2013: Chrome for Android Beta with WebRTC
The beta version of Chrome 29 on Android supports
WebRTCAug 2013: Chrome for Android
Chrome 29 for Android now fully supports WebRTC
Sep 2013: Firefox for Android supports WebRTC
The beta version of Chrome 29 on Android supports
WebRTC
Source:

5. 5
2014
Oct 2013: Opera 18 Beta intros WebRTC
First Opera release based on Chromium,
providing immediate WebRTC support
Feb 2014: Opera for Android Beta with WebRTC
First Android release for Opera supports WebRTCMar 2014: Opera for Android with WebRTC
Opera 20 for Android has WebRTC in GA
Source:
Oct 2014: Microsoft announced ORTC support
Microsoft officially announced plans to support ORTC
(WebRTC 1.1) in a future release of Internet Explorer
May 2014: Microsoft promises to support GUM
Microsoft indicates in its IE status page that it plans
to support GetUserMedia APIs in its next version of
Internet Explorer

6. 6
2015
2014
Oct 2013: Opera 18 Beta intros WebRTC
First Opera release based on Chromium,
providing immediate WebRTC support
Feb 2014: Opera for Android Beta with WebRTC
First Android release for Opera supports WebRTCMar 2014: Opera for Android with WebRTC
Opera 20 for Android has WebRTC in GA
Source:
Oct 2014: Microsoft announced ORTC support
Microsoft officially announced plans to support ORTC
(WebRTC 1.1) in a future release of Internet Explorer
May 2014: Microsoft promises to support GUM
Microsoft indicates in its IE status page that it plans
to support GetUserMedia APIs in its next version of
Internet Explorer

7. Who’s been adopting WebRTC recently?
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8. Through the looking glass
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9. Do in browser what you can do on the web
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Pushing hard on VP9

10. H.264 video codec support
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Finding funding sources other than Google
Hello infrastructure

11. Transitioning to a cloud company
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Splitting the browserMerging the services

12. Hardware company, doing great software
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Headaches with VP8 support on old iPhones

13. WebRTC PaaS players: Jan 2014

14. WebRTC PaaS players: Jan 2015
Acquired
Acquired
Drops API program

15. The New Mobilists
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16. 600+ Vendors & Projects
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Testing & Monitoring
Core
Unknown
Peer Assisted Delivery
Unified Communications
SDK
Social Networks
Consulting & Outsourcing
PaaS
Other
Collaboration
Vertical
Infrastructure
Telephony
Customer Management
Video Conferencing
WebRTC by Use Case Group
Tooling
Vendors
April 2015

17. Popular Verticals
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Financial
Surveillance
Job Interviews
Gaming
Education
Experts market
Healthcare
WebRTC Use Case Verticals
April 2015

18. funnyjunk

19. Want to learn more?
• What is WebRTC?
• WebRTC’s Job to be Done
• Browser Support
• WebRTC Hype
• The WebRTC Ecosystem
• WebRTC Use Cases by Verticals
• Recommendations
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20. Thank You!
Tsahi Levent-Levi
http://bloggeek.me
tsahil@bloggeek.me
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