Next2Friends, the mobile social media platform, has announced the launch of version 1.0 of its ‘Live' application. Designed to provide 'true real-time streaming' from mobile devices to the mobile and static web, the development is set to eliminate pointless delays in mobile video streaming technology.
Inclusions such as one click broadcasting are claimed to simplify and speed up the use of the application, while both public (cross network) and private (friends only) streaming options provide 'easy yet intelligent' quick methods for sharing live streams according to content and preference. Once videos are on the Next2Friends network, sharing them further by embedding them into third party sites, services and blogs is said to be simple. Next2Friends Live has a 15-30 Frames per Second (FPS) speed and fully supports GPRS, 3G, 3.5G and Wi-Fi connectivity.
This technical achievement results in the ability for live video to be streamed from mobile device to web with, at most, a 0.2 second delay under optimal conditions. Previously unachievable in the industry, where even optimal conditions result in anything from a 2 to 30 second delay, Next2Friends' true live streaming enables users to capture and share life as it happens. Built from the ground up to be both mobile-centric and mobile aware, the application also delivers both manual and automatic video quality selection to guarantee that optimal streaming results are achieved independent of location, carrier or connection speeds.
"When designing an application of this complexity, it's often a challenge to remain a purist about what you're trying to achieve;" commented Anthony Nystrom, CTO of Next2Friends. "We stuck to our original aim of providing a real time, real life experience for our users with no degradation or delay and by developing all the technology in-house, we've delivered exactly that."
Next2Friends' patent-pending technology is a proprietary, unique solution. With R&D based on three continents, the Next2Friends technical team is comprised of world class software developers individually selected for their particular expertise in different mobile and internet platforms. This team have worked together on a number of different projects over the last decade, and are today focused on honing and perfecting the Next2Friends suite of applications and features.