Product
In-App Voice and Video Calling: Complete Implementation Guide for Product Managers
We've all been in the situation where we're typing out a message in an app and think, "actually, I just need to call this person." In-app voice and video calling is how you add this functionality to your product. With in-app video, your users can talk to each other without jumping to a different app.
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8 Best Outsourced Content Moderation Services
For teams looking to outsource their moderating needs, there's no shortage of services available today. But with so many options and endless promises of "real-time" user-generated content (UGC) moderation and compliance-ready reporting, sorting through providers to find the best fit can be overwhelming. Some teams choose to integrate a content moderation solution directly into their
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Q4 2025 Product Roadmap: What’s Next for Chat, Feeds, Moderation & Video
As 2026 approaches, our teams are laser-focused on delivering features that make Stream's real-time communication APIs even faster, smarter, and easier to build with. From long-awaited analytics tools to real-time moderation capabilities, this quarter's roadmap introduces big steps forward across all four products: Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video. Below is a detailed look at what's
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A Guide to Content Compliance
The digital landscape evolves every day; platforms are no longer judged solely by the quality of their features or the size of their communities. They are held accountable for the safety of the content they host. Governments worldwide are introducing sweeping regulations that raise the stakes for every online platform, from global social networks to
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Build vs. Buy Activity Feeds: Compare Costs & Trade-Offs
An activity feed is an in-app feature that can take many forms, such as a news feed, content recommendations, or timeline in social and community-based applications. You can find activity feeds in social platforms like Facebook (news feed), X (timeline and notification), Reddit (comments and upvotes), and TikTok (endless scrolling videos). When successfully integrated, activity
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Open Vision Agents by Stream: Open Source SDK for Building Low-Latency Vision AI Apps
Vision Agents is a new, open-source framework from Stream that helps developers quickly build low-latency vision AI applications. The project is completely open-source and ships with over ten out-of-the-box integrations, including day one support for leading real-time voice and video models like OpenAI Realtime and Gemini Live. Text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and speech-to-speech models are also natively
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Product Comparison: Social+ vs. Stream Activity Feeds
Activity feeds are a cornerstone of modern apps, driving user engagement through personalized, real-time updates. Whether you're building a social platform, e-commerce app, or collaborative team tool, choosing the right solution for activity feeds can significantly impact your application's scalability, performance, and development speed. Stream and Social.plus (formerly Amity) both offer robust activity feed functionality,
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Migration Made Simple: How to Switch from an In-House Build or a 3rd-Party Vendor to Stream Chat
In today's economic climate, every dollar counts. Organizations are under pressure to maximize ROI on their tech stack and scrutinize vendor relationships. Specifically in the in-app chat service market, there has been a big shift away from technology that is not economically priced and does not effectively scale to meet business requirements. When considering a
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10 Dating App Trends Product Managers Must Know in 2025
Before dating apps, meeting and connecting with a potential partner was limited to social gatherings and common physical spaces. So, when Match launched in 1995, it was a game-changer. Today, over 350 million people use dating apps, and industry leaders like Tinder, Badoo, Bumble — and Match — dominate conversations around the online search for
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