Product Updates

Learn about new PubNub features, releases, and product updates.

App Context: User and Channel Metadata Storage
Product UpdatesJan 4, 2024

App Context: User and Channel Metadata Storage

An efficient and effective way to manage user and channel metadata without deploying additional backend infrastructure.
Nishith Agarwal
Nishith Agarwal
Product Manager, PubNub
HTTP/3 and QUIC: The Connection ID
Product UpdatesOct 10, 2023

HTTP/3 and QUIC: The Connection ID

HTTP/3 maintains a unique connection ID through the QUIC protocol. The connection ID is not dependent the device's IP address. This allows the connectivity to remain persistent even as users switch between different networks such as 5G and Wi-Fi. In a way you can consider this as a "connectionless" session....
Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
PubNub Pursues Rust to Deliver Best-in-Class APIs
Product UpdatesAug 10, 2023

PubNub Pursues Rust to Deliver Best-in-Class APIs

Serguei explains the unique benefits of using Rust, stating that it "essentially makes me a better programmer." He points out that the language's stringent compiler pushes both junior and senior developers to improve their code quality, thereby effectively unifying the codebase. Additionally, Rust teaches...
Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
2x Performance Improved Migrating Python 2 to Python 3
Product UpdatesAug 1, 2023

2x Performance Improved Migrating Python 2 to Python 3

We are pleased to announce the results of the migration of the shared data pipeline service from Python 2 to Python 3. The first and most significant result is a drastic reduction in memory utilization.
Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
Insights at Your Fingertips: Real-Time Analytics with AI
Product UpdatesJul 25, 2023

Insights at Your Fingertips: Real-Time Analytics with AI

With AI-powered real-time analytics, you can quickly and reliably turn large data pools into powerful insights to accelerate business growth. 
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Content Writer, PubNub
Migrating Python to Rust: Channel Groups Engineering Notes
Product UpdatesJul 21, 2023

Migrating Python to Rust: Channel Groups Engineering Notes

Using Rust for scalability and adaptability. Our Channel Group infrastructure is one example of our ongoing engineering challenges. We have expanded it in terms of channel volume and performance.
Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
OpenAI GPT API Integration with Functions
Product UpdatesJul 13, 2023

OpenAI GPT API Integration with Functions

Functions provides a simplified approach for integrating AI to meet these requirements seamlessly.
Stephen Blum
Stephen Blum
CTO, PubNub
Increase visibility of your data with PubNub Insights
Product UpdatesMay 17, 2023

Increase visibility of your data with PubNub Insights

To help you confidently make evidence-based decisions, we launched PubNub Insights—a set of dashboards accessible via your PubNub admin portal that provides visibility into your PubNub implementation.
Cres Hay
Cres Hay
Group Product Manager, PubNub
PubNub's Events & Actions is Now Generally Available
Product UpdatesFeb 22, 2023

PubNub's Events & Actions is Now Generally Available

We're excited to announce the release of our new Events & Actions feature which enables our customers to capture critical real-time data.
Keith Lindsay
Keith Lindsay
Senior Product Manager