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Signaling SDK

(previously Real-Time Messaging) 

Synchronize real-time application metadata via low-latency signaling using Agora’s global network.

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Synchronize metadata in your real-time applications

Agora’s Signaling SDK allows for real-time metadata synchronization and low-latency event notifications between edge devices, servers and channel attributes in your apps. 

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Reach users across the globe

Agora’s real-time network covers more than 200 countries and regions to allow you to manage your user metadata state across the world.

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Scale your user base

Scale your users with peace of mind. Support for billion-scale concurrency at the system level and million-scale concurrency at the channel level, Signaling enables synchronization any number of online users.

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Provide a more reliable experience

Maintain a flawless user experience with signal delivery rates of nearly 100%, even under challenging network conditions, due to keep-alive mechanism across distributed global servers.

Signaling Features

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Channel management 

Organization and management capabilities around channel management like call invitation, user statuses in channel, and more.

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Online/offline presence 

Real-time synchronization within 200ms of device online/offline status notification capabilities.

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Low latency

Provide real-time synchronization with global average latency under 200ms and average latency within region under 100ms.

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Storage, distribution, and notification 

User device/channel attribute change capabilities for storage, distribution, and notification.

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Authentication 

Control authentication workflow on user permission controls via token-based access to ban, mute, or manipulate the abilities of a user in a channel.

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3rd party plugins 

Add Signaling features with other supported 3rd party features like content moderation, SMS, persistent storage, and more via webhooks.

Made for developers

It only takes a few lines of code to connect to Agora’s Signaling SDK 

Use Cases

Real-time signaling for any application

Agora’s Signaling SDK offers the flexible customization, ease of implementation, and reliable network quality to provide your users with seamless synchronization for real-time use cases.

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Education

Refresh the names of students joining online classes in real time.

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Gaming

Coordinate the players who should be part of the same group chat.

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Future of Work

Know the online status of users in various channels.

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Retail

Provide real-time updates to product inventory catalog.

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Social

Send notifications and manage how users map to channels.

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Telehealth

Facilitate user authentication based on token management. 

Add real-time signaling to your app today

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