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Google has decided to increase its efforts to distribute open video formats: among the system requirements of Android 14, hardware support for the AV1 open video codec for smartphones and tablets will appear. The corresponding entry was found in the AOSP project comments.
Until now, mandatory hardware support has only affected the VP8 and VP9 codecs, the predecessors of AV1. Google has not yet published the final compatibility requirements for Android 14: the beta version of the system is only expected to be released in April, and the company has not promptly responded to the corresponding request for the Protocol feature.
AV1 is a codec developed by the Alliance for Open Media, which includes Google, Amazon, Netflix and other companies. Google is an active supporter of the project, and hardware support has been part of the Android TV system requirements since last year. The company is also promoting the technology on its YouTube video platform, transcoding all content into the new format.
But on mobile devices, AV1 hasn't received extensive hardware support, including due to Qualcomm not yet implementing this feature on their chipsets, and Google is still happy with the software implementation. However, the company won't just limit itself to the AV1 codec - it was recently learned that Google is preparing free alternatives to the Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision formats.
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