Every video you watch on a smartphone, tablet, or other device has to be run through some decoder, and AV1 has long been touted as the “next big thing.” To get around AV1 hardware requirements, though ...

I live a short drive away from Silicon Valley. You’d think my internet speeds would be phenomenal as a result. Alas, no. Those gigabit speeds promoted in numerous AT&T, Comcast, and Sonic ads? You ...

Google is switching to libdav1d for AV1 video decoding on Android. The new development was officially confirmed by Arif Dikici, a member of the Android Video and Image Codecs team. The company even ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

The tech industry has been abuzz with chatter about AV1 encoding recently. There are bold claims about how it will revolutionize streaming video, game streaming, and the Internet at large—but what is ...