Hybrid and remote work is here to stay. Companies will continue to need secure video communications and to exchange data remotely with their employees, partners, and customers, in real-time. A custom WebRTC application can help close geographic barriers, foster collaboration, and centralize processes.

Real-time communications over the web offers infinite possibilities for the healthcare industry and its many related segments. With its ability to work right in the browser and its strong security measures and encrypted data transmission, WebRTC is excellent for telehealth. This was true before the pandemic, and will stay true well beyond it.

There are a variety of ways you can use traditional telephony in your WebRTC video app, as well as different architectures you can choose to support it from commercial to open source. Let’s explore the reasons you might want to integrate a dial-in or dial-out capability into your WebRTC video or audio application and look at a sample architecture.

What comes next for WebRTC? In WebRTC Live Episode 51, W3C WebRTC Co-Chair and Microsoft Principal Architect, Bernard Aboba, joined Arin Sime to discuss WebRTC-NV, the next version. He discussed new uses case, WebRTC Extensions, Insertable Streams, Media Capture, WebTransport APIs, and much more. Watch it here!