New AV1 software decoder coming to Android promises improved video experience


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TechSpot— Arif Dikici, Google's manager responsible for video and image codecs on Android, recently confirmed that the mobile operating system is getting an official, software-based AV1 decoder. Mountain View's platform will integrate dav1d, the AV1 decoder written in assembly by VideoLAN for the VLC media player. According to Dikici, dav1d isRead Entire Article

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