--- title: "HTTP/3 Is Now a Standard: Why Use It and How to Get Started" url: https://daily.dev/posts/http-3-is-now-a-standard-why-use-it-and-how-to-get-started-dbwowgxvj source_url: https://thenewstack.io/http-3-is-now-a-standard-why-use-it-and-how-to-get-started/ type: article source: "The New Stack" published: 2022-07-16T11:11:19.290Z updated: 2022-07-16T11:11:19.238Z reading_time: 6 upvotes: 31 comments: 2 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HTTP/3 Is Now a Standard: Why Use It and How to Get Started **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 31 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary The third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, i.e. HTTP/3, was adopted last month as an IETF standard (Internet Engineering Task Force) QUIC was initially developed by Google and is the successor of HTTP/2. Companies such as Google and Facebook already use QUIC to speed up the web. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@lorezz** · 2 upvotes > Wow, http3 is here and this article explain very well what is and how it works, talking about web's history and how previous protocol versions differs **@juliotati** · 0 upvotes > INSIGHTFUL! ✨ Thanks for sharing ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/http-3-is-now-a-standard-why-use-it-and-how-to-get-started-dbwowgxvj)