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About this plugin
Sendbird powers real-time chat for marketplaces, communities, telehealth platforms, and live events. With the Sendbird plugin, you can add modern messaging to your app without building your own chat backend.
Median’s Sendbird plugin integrates Sendbird’s native Chat SDKs for both iOS and Android, making them accessible through the Median JavaScript Bridge. Sendbird manages message delivery, device synchronization, offline message queuing, and connection management, allowing you to focus on how chat features fit your product.
You can use pre-built native chat screens for a fast launch or build a fully custom interface in your web experience while still relying on Sendbird’s infrastructure.
Key features
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Group and open channels for any chat model:
Use private group channels for 1:1 conversations, small teams, or transaction-specific threads with full message history.
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Full-featured messaging out of the box:
Launch a professional chat experience featuring typing indicators, read receipts, message reactions, threaded replies, file attachments, user presence, delivery tracking, and offline message queuing, all without having to build these capabilities from scratch.
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Flexible UI options:
Choose between Sendbird’s native UI components, which you can show with a single JavaScript Bridge call, or your own custom web-based chat UI. In both cases, the plugin connects your front-end to Sendbird’s Chat SDK for sending messages, managing channels, and handling events.
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Scalable infrastructure and moderation tools:
Rely on Sendbird’s infrastructure to process high message volumes while using built-in moderation features, such as user management, profanity filters, and operator permissions, to keep conversations safe and on-brand.