Upgrade Voice to WebRTC
in progress
Signal Linden
We're working on upgrading Second Life’s voice system from to WebRTC, bringing better audio quality, noise cancellation, and automatic gain control while also enabling voice on mobile clients.
Why the Change?
- Our current Vivox implementation is outdated and lacks modern audio enhancements.
- WebRTC will improve voice clarity, spatialization, and performance across devices.
What’s Changing?
- Spatial Voice: We’ll use open-source solutions to maintain and enhance spatialized audio.
- Group & P2P Voice: A new server infrastructure will support these features.
- New Features: Improved voice clarity, better volume management, and potential for enhancements like reverb effects in certain regions.
What to Expect?
- Viewer Update Required: Upgrading to WebRTC will require an updated viewer.
- Better voice experience: Lower latency, clearer audio, and improved support across devices.
We’re finalizing the technical details and transition plan—stay tuned for more updates!
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MaggeyMay Resident
this is still not working!!!! Is the voice sound better? yes.. WHEN IT WORKS.. We will be using voice.. sit.. no voice but can still see the green above the head.. stand and it is fine.. or sitting and it is working, change the animation and it stops... can be in a private call and teleport and it stops working, can not end the call and restart, will have to go to a group chat to get it to work.. have had the issue on home land not even changing sims.. will get constant "started a chat" like 30 in less then a minute started call ended call started call ended call. Can get it stating it is ending the call with the person's legacy name and starting the call with their display name all in the same popup. IT IS A MESS and rarely works right!
Morganna1Wulfsong Resident
This update is not working well at all. It is a nightmare calling into groups, local is fine but in a performance situation it cant be used. It is not just me having these issues it is all of us wherever we are and it is ridiculous. we pay a lot of money to be in this game, discord is not going to work for us and the firestorm group just says update to beta or go to latest updated sl viewer...seriously?
Cat Fluffington
This is an absolute nightmare for all businesses that are based on voice. It is causing major problems.
LustyLexxi Larimore
This has been a nightmare to say the very least. In my nearly 18 years in SL, I have never experienced so much trouble. The voice constantly goes out every single day. You retoggle, it doesn't help. You relog, it doesnt help. You restart your computer, it doesn't help. We do all of these things 20 times or more to hopefully get it to come back - sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't , sometimes one person can hear the other but the other can't be heard. People have now started to move whatever chat or auction that is happening to Discord voice chat. This is a
major
problem. This isn't just a me issue either. This has been happening consistently ever since the switch to WebRTC. Voice is a vital part of SL and so this has got to be resolved.FlaviaFrancesca Resident
My friends and I can't have a private conference. We can only hear each other in local chat.
aamufalkland Resident
Friends and I on the new WebRTC are having an issue where when we toggle mic mute/unmute with a hotkey and upon unmute there is a second or two of old fashioned tv static noise. Doesn't happen if we mute/unmute via tapping the mute button on the mic itself. Only when using the hotkey.
Rental Rizzler
I have the WebRTC beta in my regions, and there are lots of improvements, but the actual quality/bitrate sounds lower than vivox. I would like to see support for higher bitrate.
VenKellie Resident
please roll out soon, vivox crashes are happening almost daily on mainland
unso Choche
We have WebRTC on our sim and it is really exhausting today, constantly disconnections, one is heard, the other is not. Then it seems that you can talk but it doesn't matter to the others. I the bug will be fixed as soon as possible.
BastCat Magic
I'm experiencing the WebRTC now on my sim, and it's fantastic! It's smoother, the sound is much higher quality, no glitches!
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