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With our Video SDK, you can easily add real-time in-app video calling to anywhere in the world over a data connection or WiFi from your website or app. Sinch offers high quality video chat communication and seamless integration into any existing app. Video is offered as part of our robust Voice SDK.
Video chat adds value to your app
Enhance the in-app communication experience by letting users collaborate via video chat anywhere in the world. From enterprise collaboration to social messaging to customer support or healthcare on demand, video calling takes an app's functionality to the next level and adds the incomparable value users gain from seeing each other face to face, regardless of industry.
Features of Sinch Video calls
Cross-Platform Integration
In-app video calling is supported on iOS, Android & Javascript for seamless integration across all three platforms
Peer to Peer Support and Proxy
Sinch provides proxy fallback when P2P is not available for in-app video calls
Pause and Resume
Video streaming is on demand and controlled by the user with functional pause and resume as needed
Video and Audio
Switch between audio and video calling as needed throughout a call
Adaptive Resolution
Screen resolution will automatically adjust based on available bandwidth and usage
Screenshot Captures
Capture important views from the video stream to reference later for effective collaboration
Industry Leading WebRTC Technology
Developers retain complete control of the UI, call flow, and video stream with a quick import of the lightweight Sinch SDK. Integration is seamless and your UX remains streamlined. There is no need to use any backend to get started, you can just import the SDK into your existing project and turn on video calling in minutes. Sinch improves upon WebRTC with dynamic audio and video codecs, automatic and adaptive configurations, adjusting latency and audio quality according to network speed and bandwidth.
Sinch maintains the server directory of relevant user IP addresses enabling all initiated calls to be successfully completed and to reach the correct “peer” anywhere, anytime, with consideration for hardware diversity across devices. Sinch STUN servers facilitate discover of external IP addresses and facilitate communication between devices. When a P2P session is not possible, the TURN server will establish connections between asymmetric firewalls.
Customer Use Cases
From an unparalleled customer support experience to face-to-face healthcare to dating, video calling significantly enhances the user experience and increases engagement. Today we are proud to power RC Platform's social app that connects users at random for a video chat to establish deeper relationships before meeting in person.
Get Started with voice and video chat
Learn more about Sinch in-app video chat API, voice API, view the documentation, and start coding to give your users HD video calling across devices!
What's Next?
Next up for Sinch programmable video is a reliable and cost-effective video conferencing solution. Interested? Please let us know.
