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Real-time communication technology is an absolute requirement for the development of Internet of things (IoT) applications. Imagine the use case where your phone communicates with your lights. If it takes several seconds before your lights turn on, that’s a failed user experience.

The development of real-time communication technologies is a story that can’t be explained without mentioning instant messaging. Historically speaking, instant messengers were the original consumer-friendly, Internet-connected real-time communication clients. AOL IM, ICQ, and Jabber are a few examples of instant messenger clients that supported real-time communication. This all happened in the 1990s.

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