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IoT SDK

Add real-time audio & video engagement to smart devices
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PRODUCT

IoT SDK

Add real-time audio & video engagement to smart devices
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Supported Platforms
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Real-time engagement across voice and video,
powered by AI

Deliver seamless real-time experiences on any device with Agora’s flexible RTC platform—with flexible SDKs, APIs, and tools built for developers.

Voice Calling & Streaming 

Embed real-time voice chat into any application with ultra-low latency and global reliability.
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Video Calling & Streaming

Build immersive HD video experiences across web, mobile, and desktop devices.
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Media Services

Enhance real-time streaming with services for recording, transcoding, importing, and exporting.
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IoT SDK Features

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Highly integrated

IoT SDK integrates both RTC services and signalling services so you can easily develop features like live streaming and remote control at the same time.
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Lightweight design

Designed for low-resource embedded systems, IoT SDK has a small package footprint as low as 400kb, so you don’t have to worry about system resource usage.
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Low power consumption

Based on low hardware requirements (CPU, memory, etc.), IoT SDK works well with battery-powered devices like video doorbells.
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Cross-platform

IoT SDK is compatible with WebRTC, and developers can build apps across platforms like mobile, PC, web, and smart displays (e.g., Amazon Alexa), without plugins, while supporting a wide range of chipsets and operating systems.
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Reliable, excellent performance even in poor network conditions

With end-to-end algorithmic network optimization, IoT SDK provides smooth live streaming even in weak network environments. Say goodbye to frozen video streams.
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Interoperable with RTC full platform

IoT SDK is interoperable with Agora’s full real-time platform so you can easily build up the companion apps on iOS, Android, or any other platform.

AI Extensions & Add-Ons

AI Noise Suppression
Remove background noise and unwanted distractions for clearer real-time voice and video communication.
3D Spatial Audio
Add immersive, directional audio to create more natural and engaging real-time experiences.
Interactive Whiteboard
Collaborate visually with shared whiteboards, drawing tools, annotations, and real-time content sharing.
Analytics
Monitor quality of experience with real-time insights, issue detection, alerts, and performance diagnostics.
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Easily Integrate powerful, fun and interactive features into your real-time app
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Enable live voice and video streams on IoT devices

Agora’s IoT SDK provides high-reliability, low-latency, and cost-effective RTC services for global IoT devices.
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Optimize RTC performance

Full-stack end-to-end solution designed for embedded systems on low-power IoT devices and companion apps—compatible with mainstream chipsets and operating systems.
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Optimize RTC performance

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Deploy globally

Enable region agnostic IoT solutions with Agora’s globally deployed network so you can sell and ship IoT devices anywhere in the world without worrying about usability.
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Deploy globally

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Reduce costs

IoT SDK’s license-based billing plan is more cost-effective than billing by minutes. The price does not change based on device usage by the end user.
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Reduce costs

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Use a single dashboard to monitor every active session around the world. Track the metrics that are most important to you, from concurrent users and channels to network latency and so much more.
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Your vision, unrestricted.

With Interactive Whiteboard, you can build a collaborative app fast—with custom branding and full of features. Our platform makes it easy to create a customized and engaging learning environment.
  • Flexible APIs support custom branding and extensive digital whiteboard features.
  • Easily integrate real-time voice and video calling, interactive live streaming and signaling.
  • Save users’ bandwidth by preloading, sharing, and annotating files, and retain all the dynamic content.
And have peace of mind with HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA compliance.

See OpenAI's Realtime API in action

Recording options for:

Cloud recording
Store, retrieve and share recordings in the cloud.
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On-premise recording
Store on a local server for security and confidentiality.
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Webpage recording
Record the entire web browser screen experience.
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Agora Media Services

Real-Time Speech to Text
Convert live conversations into accurate real-time transcription and subtitling for users and AI workflows.
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Real-Time Translation
Translate voice and video conversations in real time with multilingual captions and transcripts.
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Recording
Record audio streams, video streams and web pages for archive, review, or distribution.
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Media Gateway
Directly push media streams into Agora voice and video channels using the RTMP/SRT protocol and enable advanced transcoding processing on media streams to facilitate distribution.
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Cloud Transcoding
Beta
Obtain audio and video source streams from hosts in RTC channels and perform transcoding, audio mixing, and video compositing.
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Media Push
Expand your audience with hybrid engagement experiences by pushing audio and video streams from Agora channels to Content Delivery Networks (CDN).
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Media Pull
Add additional engagement to your Agora sessions by  pulling live or recorded video and audio content and ingesting directly into your Agora channel.
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Made for smart device developers

Quickstart guide

View the quickstart guide to get up and running with Agora and Open AI.
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Made for smart device developers

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App Builder

Agora’s App Builder is the fastest and easiest way to real-time video into your product using our no-code visual designer.
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Add real-time video to your app with only a few lines of code using low-code UI Kit libraries.
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Customize your experience from the start with our flexible SDK.
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Agora UI Kit

Integrate real-time communication and streaming using only a few lines of code with low-code UIKit libraries.
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Documentation

This project presents you a set of API examples to help you understand how to use Agora APIs.
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Activate the AI Noise Suppression extension on the Agora Console.

Activate the IoT SDK extension in the Agora Console.

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Agora SDK

Build and integrate Live Streaming with the most flexibility and full customization using Agora's Video SDK.
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App Builder

Agora’s App Builder is the fastest and easiest way to add real-time voice chat, video chat, and live streaming into your product.
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your code

Agora SDK

Build and integrate real-time visual collaboration features into your application with the most flexibility and full customization using Agora's Interactive Whiteboard SDK.
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LOW code

Fastboard

Build real-time visual collaboration faster with a pre-built UI and the ability to include custom plugins.
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Security, privacy and compliance
Agora is certified to the ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701 and SOC 2 security standards and meets privacy regulations like GDPR, CCAP, COPPA, and HIPAA. Agora doesn’t collect or store any end-user data aside from Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and operational information necessary for providing our services.
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HOW TO INTEGRATE?
Streamlined 3-step integration process:
01
Activate Agora Conversational AI Engine
Unlock real-time Speech-to-Text (STT) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) capabilities, enabling seamless conversational interactions. 
02
Integrate Agora Edge Chip on Hardware
Optimize microphone, speaker, and system efficiency to ensure ultra-low-latency and high-fidelity conversations.
03
Deploy AI Voice Agents
Enable interactive, multilingual, and user-customized conversations for a wide range of IoT applications.

Integrated chipset and module

By building our Conversational AI technology into RiseLink's high-performance IoT chip modules, the turnkey solution makes it easy to integrate embedded voice AI hardware into any connected toy.
“With Agora’s conversational AI technology and our optimized AI hardware, we’re enabling the next generation of toys to think, respond, and interact naturally. We are excited to usher in the future of robotics and toys, ones that can react to the environment around them and interact fluently with users.” 
Pengfei Zhang
CEO, Riselink
Use Cases

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Video Doorbells 

Highly interactive devices like video doorbells and baby monitors need fast connection, low latency, weak network confrontation and low power consumption. Agora delivers with its ultra-low latency streaming service (as low as 400ms) on multiple hardware platforms and operating systems.
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Home Security Cameras

With Agora’s streaming technology, users can expect ultra-low latency live video and high-quality 2-way audio even in weak network environments. We support multi-channel HD streams, with strong media stream and data stream synchronization and Hybrid cloud scenarios.
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Remote Assistance

Improve the speed, accuracy, and efficiency, of remote assistance scenarios while improving customer satisfaction and increasing business profitability.
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Teleoperation

Providing real-time audio and video transmission and control services for remote robot control with latency as low as 113ms.
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Smart TVs

Integrating Agora’s IoT SDK with Smart TVs provides the ability to offer high performance video up to 4K and immersive 3D spatial audio ensuring viewers get an optimum experience. The SDK also supports cross platform calling, between Smart TVs and watches.
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XR/VR Glasses

Enables live, interactive video, real-time screen sharing, 3D virtual spaces, and other virtual simulations. With Agora‘s streaming technology, VR and non-VR users can connect within an existing application using our SDKs. We deliver a full spectrum of human-to-human interactivity—from 1-to-1 to millions of concurrent users—to fit your every need. 
Robopoet's Fuzzoo, an AI companion robot, leverages Agora's ConvoAI Device Kit to deliver real-time emotional support and personalized interaction.
"Agora’s AI technology enables toys and robots to interact in a way that feels natural and engaging. With real-time voice processing, emotional AI, and advanced speech capabilities, Agora makes seamless human-machine interaction possible and ensures exceptional performance and reliability." 
Yuna Pan
Co-Founder and CTO
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FAQs

What is Agora IoT SDK?

Agora IoT SDK enables developers to add real-time voice and video communication to smart devices. It is designed for embedded systems and connected hardware, allowing devices like cameras, doorbells, and wearables to support live interaction and streaming.

What types of IoT devices can use Agora IoT SDK?

Agora IoT SDK can be used across a wide range of devices including video doorbells, home security cameras, remote assistance tools, teleoperation systems, XR and VR devices, and other connected smart hardware that require real-time communication capabilities.

How is the IoT SDK optimized for embedded and low-power devices?

The SDK is lightweight and designed specifically for resource-constrained environments. It minimizes CPU, memory, and bandwidth usage, making it suitable for low-power devices while still delivering high-quality real-time voice and video performance.

Does Agora IoT SDK support global deployment?

Yes. Agora’s global real-time network allows IoT devices to connect and stream across more than 200 countries and regions. This ensures reliable communication and consistent performance regardless of user location.

How does Agora ensure performance in poor network conditions?

Agora uses intelligent routing and adaptive streaming to maintain stable connections even in challenging network environments. This helps ensure smooth audio and video streaming with minimal latency, packet loss, or interruptions.

Is Agora IoT SDK compatible with other platforms and services?

Yes. The IoT SDK is interoperable with Agora’s full real-time communication platform and can be integrated across multiple operating systems and development environments. This allows developers to build flexible, cross-platform IoT solutions.

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