Features powering the future of social video

Social and Gaming

Daily’s modern, ergonomic APIs and high-level building blocks help you build next-generation social and gaming experiences.

Global Mesh Network

Deliver real-time video and audio at the highest possible quality, with infrastructure that scales horizontally and geographically, with media servers in 10 geographic regions and 30 availability zones. This delivers a "first hop" network latency of 13ms or less for 5 billion people.

Track subscriptions

Full control over which audio and video tracks a participant sends or receives. Daily’s track subscription API allows you to manage call performance in busy rooms and build features like breakout rooms.

Data messaging

Daily’s integrated messaging layer facilitates real-time data exchange between clients, empowering dynamic, interactive UI experiences.

Spatial audio

Build spatial audio experiences. Selectively subscribe to tracks, adjust volume levels based on proximity, and integrate audio into 3D worlds.

Roles and permissions

Build custom workflows and control camera, mic, and screen sharing with Daily’s roles and permissions APIs.

Advanced analytics

Leverage the most comprehensive suite of support tools, low-level metrics, logging capabilities, and data integrations with enterprise BI platforms.

Developer support

With excellent docs, sample code, and a dedicated support team, Daily helps you build better apps in less time.

Multi-camera support and raw tracks access

Direct access to multiple camera devices and video/audio tracks enables custom pre-and post-processing, augmented reality, and AI features.

Build bigger worlds

Build worlds without limits. 100,000 active participants, real-time chat, flexible track subscriptions.

CPU metrics

Daily’s SDKs give you CPU load metrics (even on the web) so you can build apps that adapt smoothly to all devices.

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