Vodafone, Meta, and Google Advocate AV1 Video Codec to Boost Streaming on Low- and Mid-Tier Smartphones; AV1 offers up to 30% better compression over earlier codecs such as VP9 and H.264.
Vodafone, Meta, and Google Advocate AV1 Video Codec to Boost Streaming on Low- and Mid-Tier Smartphones; AV1 offers up to 30% better compression over earlier codecs such as VP9 and H.264.
Today, video content represents between 70-80% of all mobile data traffic. And low- and mid-tier handsets account for around 75% of handset sales globally. AV1 decoding can be implemented in smartphones in both hardware and software. Our testing has shown that increasing the use of AV1 in low- to mid-tier smartphones can deliver video quality on par with premium handsets and free up network capacity while optimising computing power and storage.
Source: Engineering at Meta.