YouTube could start AV2 web streaming as soon as early 2027
VideoCardz reports Google's Chrome playback demo and says Google gave no date for public browser support.
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VideoCardz reports that YouTube could make AV2 web streams available as soon as early 2027, while Neowin also describes that possibility. Google has demonstrated playback in Chrome, but VideoCardz says it gave no date for public browser support. VideoCardz attributes an approximately 30% compression-efficiency gain over AV1 to AOMedia; Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are exploring AV2.
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