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Netflix’s AV1 Journey: From Android to TVs and Beyond

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548 points CharlesW | 1 comments | 05 Dec 25 00:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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crazygringo ◴[05 Dec 25 00:58 UTC] No.46155545[source]▶
Wow. To me, the big news here is that ~30% of devices now support AV1 hardware decoding. The article lists a bunch of examples of devices that have gained it in the past few years. I had no idea it was getting that popular -- fantastic news!

So now that h.264, h.265, and AV1 seem to be the three major codecs with hardware support, I wonder what will be the next one?

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vitorgrs ◴[05 Dec 25 07:32 UTC] No.46157698[source]▶
I mean... I bought a Samsung TV in 2020, and it already supported AV1 HW decoding.

2020 feels close, but that's 5 years.

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1. cubefox ◴[05 Dec 25 12:02 UTC] No.46160140[source]▶
Two years ago I bought a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 phone (TSMC 4nm, with 12 GB LPDDR RAM, 256 GB NAND flash, and a 200 megapixel camera). It still feels pretty modern but it has no AV1 support.