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Real-Time Communication Protocols for Apps Real-time features make apps feel fast and responsive. Users expect instant messages, live updates, and smooth collaboration. To meet these expectations, developers choose protocols that balance speed, reliability, and effort to implement. This guide covers the most common real-time protocols and when to use them. WebRTC WebRTC is built for real-time audio, video, and data between browsers. It creates a direct link when possible and can move data through servers when needed. It handles many network tricks behind the scenes, including NAT traversal with STUN and TURN servers. Use WebRTC for video calls, screen sharing, or direct file transfers where very low latency matters and peers can connect. It can be more complex to set up because you need a signaling path to start the connection. ...