µTP was firstdeveloped publiclywithin introducedBitTorrent, in the alpha builds of [[µTorrent]] 1Inc.9, thoughwith partialno supportinput forfrom the protocolwider networking community<ref>http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=59150</ref>. It was alreadyfirst implementedintroduced in the µTorrent 1.8.x Betabeta branches, and publicized in the alpha builds of [[µTorrent]] 1.9<ref>[http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081201-utorrents-switch-to-udp-and-why-the-sky-isnt-falling.html µTorrent's switch to UDP and why the sky isn't falling]</ref><ref>[http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/3807-utorrent-shifts-towards-udp-to-make-it-work-better.html uTorrent shifts towards UDP to make it work better]</ref>.
Because it is still being implemented, µTP protocol features are typically hidden or made obscure in the client user interfaces of the BitTorrent clients that support it. There is no open source µTP protocol codebase at this time, making this feature's support with other BitTorrent clients much less uniform. It may take until late 2010 or early 2011 until this feature is readily accessible with a user friendly interface.
