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What is WebRTC?
WebRTC lets a web page make a phone call. No app to download. No desk phone. It stands for Web Real-Time Communication.
Built into your web browser
WebRTC comes with every major web browser: Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox. Nothing to install.
The page asks to use your microphone. Say yes, and you can talk.
Every call is encrypted
WebRTC calls are encrypted, so no one in between can listen in.
WebRTC vs a softphone
A softphone is the same idea in an app: a phone on your computer or cell phone.
A softphone uses SIP or WebRTC to make its calls. What is a SIP trunk?
A call button on your website
- A customer taps the call button on your website, and the call starts right in their web browser.
- Kurrent checks the call before it rings.
- Kurrent sends it on to a phone number, your office phone system, an agent in a web browser, or a softphone.
- Both ways. Your team can call out the same way.
Where Kurrent fits
Kurrent connects WebRTC, softphones, SIP and the regular phone network in one place. What is VoIP?
Kurrent is 50% off the call tracking bill you pay today, with a minimum of $1,795 a month.
Questions
- What does WebRTC stand for?
- Web Real-Time Communication: the part of a web browser that lets a web page make voice and video calls.
- Do I need to download anything to use WebRTC?
- No. WebRTC is built into Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox. The page asks to use your microphone, and you can talk.
- Are WebRTC calls encrypted?
- Yes. Every WebRTC call is encrypted, so no one in between can listen in.
- What is the difference between WebRTC and a softphone?
- WebRTC makes calls from a web page. A softphone is an app on your computer or cell phone, and it uses SIP or WebRTC to make its calls.
- Does Kurrent work with WebRTC?
- Yes. A customer can tap a call button on your website and the call starts in their browser. Kurrent checks it before it rings, then sends it to a phone number, your office phone system, an agent in a web browser, or a softphone. Kurrent is 50% off the call tracking bill you pay today, with a minimum of $1,795 a month.