Optimizing Cross‑Platform WebSocket Connections with Cronet for Mobile Live Streaming
By migrating the CatEar FM live‑streaming app’s WebSocket layer to Chromium’s Cronet network stack, the team unified cross‑platform code, added customizable DNS and proxy support, and cut handshake latency by roughly 150 ms on Android and 250 ms on iOS, paving the way for future HTTP/2 and HTTP/3‑based WebSocket transports.