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by brokenmachine 1415 days ago
Newer phones support AV1 decoding at least.

Personally I'd much rather use an open standard, and the fact it's better than HEVC doesn't hurt either.

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Qualcomm chips still don't support. This is a serious blocker. Side note: Qualcomm is one of the patent holder of HEVC
But now coming soon in new Qualcomm chips:

https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/entertainment/av1-open-...