WebRTC: Is it supported in Safari & IE browsers?

Question

I would to develop video streaming usign WebRTC. I have not heard about the browser compatibilities. Does it work in IE & MAC systems? Please advice the pros & cons of it.

Answer 1

It works great on Mac systems using Firefox or Chrome. Safari doesn't support WebRTC yet.

IE doesn't support WebRTC also. Nevertheless, Microsoft claimed that IE will support WebRTC when standard had been finalized.

Regarding IE, take a look here, also: Which version of Microsoft Internet Explorer support WebRTC?

Answer 2

Rather than [just] providing an answer that will surely go out of date at some point, let me point you to CanIUse.com:

http://caniuse.com/#search=webrtc

Currently, as of 2015-08-14, WebRTC is still completely missing from Safari (OS X & iOS) and from IE (including Edge).

Answer 3

Safari

Apple announced support for WebRTC in Safari 11.

You can download the latest beta version of Safari 11 at the following link:
(You need to sign in with your Apple ID) https://developer.apple.com/safari/download/

Microsoft Edge

Edge supports webRTC with the help of adapter.js.

Internet explorer

You'll need a 3rd party plugin, like Skylink or Temasys.