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Meta Adopts QUIC for Instagram Live Video Ingest at Scale
Meta is now implementing Media over QUIC (MoQ) for ingesting Instagram Live streams on iOS and Android devices, transitioning its real-time video infrastructure to an open standard transport protocol. This deployment has maintained the same streaming quality and reliability as its previous internal RUSH protocol. Meta's engineering teams employed temporary edge translation layers to manage stream routing without a complete backend overhaul, setting the stage for future improvements in live streaming latency and robustness.
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