[lern_too_spel]

The two big Internet streaming companies have chosen VP9 over h.265 and are both developing AV1 to use instead of h.265's successor. Apple's announcement is unlikely to change anything as far as what gets used on the Internet.

[voltagex_]

I predict a lot of angry smart TV owners - I have a 4K TV that can't decode certain VP9 profiles in hardware, so YouTube on the TV itself is very limited. Not sure what's available in S90x chipsets, though. Does anything do VP9.2 + Opus in hardware?

[clouddrover]

I think the solution there is to get a streaming stick or a streaming set top box that supports VP9 to plug into the TV. Or alternatively a small form factor PC like a Zotac mini pc, or palmtop if it's strong enough:

https://www.zotac.com/product/mini_pcs/zbox_p_series

Intel's Compute Card is aimed at giving you a way to upgrade the computing side of devices like TVs without having to buy a new TV:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/intels-compute-card-...

[AstralStorm]

Yes, the chips exist, but why do you need hardware decoding in something as unreadable as a TV?

[shmerl]

Such people can either use lower quality H.264 versions which are commonly provided, or as others said, get an external device to decode modern free codecs.