Neowin News Feed for: Av1

AV2, successor to popular YouTube, Netflix, Amazon codec AV1, has a hard battle ahead

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:40:01 +0000

AV2, the successor to AV1 that's currently used by YouTube, Netflix, and Amazon, promises major efficiency gains but faces significant adoption challenges. Here's why. Read more...

ASRock Challenger Arc B580 drops to $289: The most affordable 12GB GPU for PC builders

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:16:01 +0000

Get 12GB VRAM Arc B580 for $289. With AV1 encoding and better-than-NVIDIA 4060 performance, the ASRock Arc B580 is the new budget king for creators and gamers. Read more...

Netflix joins Apple TV+ and Disney+ in supporting HDR10+ streaming

Omer Dursun — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:04:01 +0000

Netflix is getting HDR10+ streaming, providing enhanced high dynamic range viewing for premium subscribers with supported hardware. Read more...

Microsoft's WDDM 3.2 makes Windows 11 (24H2) video encoding even better with AV1 support

Sayan Sen — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has improved video encoding on Windows 11 24H2 with hardware-accelerated AV1 encoding thanks to WDDM 3.2. Read more...

With its latest Windows WHQL driver, AMD confirms it's delaying AV1 bugfix

Sayan Sen — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 06:34:01 +0000

With its latest WHQL driver, AMD has confirmed it has delayed a bug fix to Q3 of 2024 which it had initially intended to release in Q2. The issue is related to AV1 video recording. Read more...

Firefox 121 is out with AV1 improvements, new features for PDF viewer, and more

Taras Buria — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:48:01 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 121 in the Release channel. The final feature update in 2023 brings improvements for AV1 video decoding, new features for the PDF viewer, and other changes. Read more...

3rd Gen octa-core Amazon Fire TV Cube with Wi-Fi 6E now selling at its lowest ever today

Fiza Ali — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:32:01 +0000

On Amazon, the 3rd Gen Fire TV Cube, with Alexa, octa-core, AV1, and Wi-Fi 6E, has dropped to its lowest price ever so, get your hands on this deal while stocks last and enjoy high-quality streaming. Read more...

AMD acknowledges it couldn't really fix high idle power draw with latest Windows WHQL driver

Sayan Sen — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:14:01 +0000

AMD's latest driver fixes a bunch of issues like Anti-Lag stuttering, memory leak problem with ReLive Instant Replay, audio issues with H.264 and H.265, and more. High idle power draw though, remains. Read more...

Intel and Netflix's SVT-AV1 gains up to 40% performance boost, AMD Ryzen will benefit too

Sayan Sen — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 20:32:01 +0000

Intel and Netflix co-developed the SVT-AV1 codec a few years ago, a software-based CPU encoding AV1 solution. The latest update of the codec claims to feature a performance boost of up to 40%. Read more...

Latest Edge Dev update improves vertical tabs, fixes AV1 media playback, and more

Taras Buria — Wed, 10 May 2023 11:46:01 +0000

Microsoft Edge 115.0.1843.0 is now available in the Dev Channel. The update adds several notable changes to the Discover pane, vertical tabs, and more. It also fixes AV1 playback issues and more. Read more...

Microsoft Edge is finally getting AVIF support, long after Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari

Sayan Sen — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 06:40:01 +0000

Microsoft is working on AVIF support on Edge Canary. This means the browser will finally receive support for AVIF images, something which has worked on Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari for a while. Read more...

AMD unveils Alveo MA35D media accelerator to power streaming services

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 18:32:02 +0000

AMD has unveiled the Alveo MA35D media accelerator. It's designed to power live interactive streaming services at scale and supports H.264, H.265, and AV1 with significant compression abilities. Read more...

OBS now blocks rogue Windows DLL files, gets improved AV1 support on AMD and Nvidia

Sayan Sen — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 08:34:02 +0000

Streaming software OBS Studio has received its latest update today. The new update brings improved support for AV1 codec on both AMD and Nvidia. It also blocks rogue Windows DLL files. Read more...

OBS Studio 29.1 Beta available with AV1 and HEVC streaming over RTMP

Paul Hill — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 23:40:01 +0000

OBS Studio 29.1 Beta has been released. It comes with some new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. Read on to learn more about what's included in this new test build. Read more...

Nvidia Studio Driver 531.41 improves Adobe apps, fixes Forza Horizon 5 issues, more

Taras Buria — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:10:03 +0000

Nvidia has released a new Studio Driver for those preferring productivity-focused drivers on computers with Nvidia GPUs. The latest release improves Adobe apps and fixes several gaming bugs. Read more...

New NVIDIA Studio Laptops debut from ASUS, GIGABYTE, Samsung with GeForce RTX 4000 GPUs

Fiza Ali — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:36:01 +0000

NVIDIA's new lineup of Studio laptops, including laptops from ASUS, GIGABYTE, and Samsung, are "thinner, lighter, quieter". They are powered by GeForce RTX 4070, 4060, and 4050 Laptop GPUs. Read more...

OBS Studio 29.0 launches with AV1 Encoder support on these AMD and Intel GPUs

Paul Hill — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:10:02 +0000

OBS Studio 29.0 is now available for download. The final release follows three Betas that have been released ever since November 23. It comes with a long list of features, improvements, and fixes. Read more...

AMD could dominate Intel when 14th Gen Meteor Lake takes on Ryzen 7040 Phoenix APUs

Sayan Sen — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 17:16:01 +0000

AMD could beat down Intel's 14th Gen Meteor Lake severely with its next-gen Ryzen 7040 series Phoenix APUs. This is despite Intel now confirming that Meteor Lake will feature cutting-edge AV1 support. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 performance, adoption, and new features

Usama Jawad — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 17:00:01 +0000

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is jam-packed with news about Windows 11, including items related to its performance and bugs, growth, as well as some new features that were recently added. Read more...

OBS fixes Windows 11 22H2 capture issue, and Nvidia beats Intel with AV1 encode

Sayan Sen — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:10:01 +0000

The popular video recording and streaming app, OBS Studio, has gained support for AV1 encoding on Nvidia RTX 4000 graphics cards. Alongside that, a Windows 11 22H2 issue has also been fixed. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Printer nightmares, Teams capabilities, and the death of SwiftKey for iOS

Usama Jawad — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 17:16:01 +0000

This edition of Microsoft Weekly recaps a bunch of Windows 11 2022 Update issues, new features introduced to the Dev Channel, recent capabilities added to Teams, and the death of SwiftKey for iOS. Read more...

Nvidia RTX 4090, 4080 will soon be able to stream AV1 on Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome

Sayan Sen — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 05:52:01 +0000

The recently announced RTX 4000 series cards introduces AV1 encoding on Nvidia GPUs. Following that, the Chromium development team has added a merge which will now allow streaming in AV1. Read more...

Intel introduces Arc Pro A-series GPUs, optimized for media and entertainment apps

Fiza Ali — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:28:01 +0000

Intel has unveiled its latest Arc Pro series of GPUs that includes the Intel Arc Pro A30M, A40, and A50. The initial three products have been designed for workstations and pro apps. Read more...

Windows Subsystem for Android July update adds AV1 support, updated Settings, and more

Sayan Sen — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:18:01 +0000

Microsoft today released a major update for Windows Subsystem for Android all Insider channels. It brings AV1 codec support, IPv6, VPN connectivity, Settings app update, and much more. Read more...

Apple may finally be adding AV1 codec support to multiple products

Sayan Sen — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:36:01 +0000

Apple maybe working to finally bring AV1 support to several of its product lines according to the latest leak. This is a feature which has been missing on Apple products for a long time. Read more...

Mozilla launches Firefox 100 with lots of video enhancements and improved scrollbars

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:12:01 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 100 for supported platforms. This update is heavy with video enhancements but also refines language support enabling people to work better across languages. Read more...

Intel beats AMD and Nvidia to become the first with full AV1 support with its new Arc GPUs

Sayan Sen — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:56:01 +0000

Intel's Arc GPUs are the first in the market to offer full AV1 support. This means the cards can also encode AV1 content, a feature that is still not available on AMD nor on Nvidia. Read more...

Two years after Chrome and Edge, Firefox is getting AV1 hardware acceleration

Taras Buria — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:38:01 +0000

In 2020, Microsoft and Google equipped their browsers with hardware acceleration for the AV1 video support. Two years later, Mozilla is finally catching up with the same capability in Firefox. Read more...

Here's why the lowly AMD Radeon RX 6400 should really have been the 6500 XT

Sayan Sen — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:54:02 +0000

AMD's $199 RX 6500 XT lacks some key hardware features like sufficient PCIe width and media support. In this article, I discuss why the cut-down RX 6400 would have been a better DIY release instead. Read more...

AMD's new RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 limited to just PCIe x4, lacks AV1 decode and HEVC encode

Sayan Sen — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:24:01 +0000

AMD's new Navi 23-based budget cards, the Radeon RX 6500 XT and the RX 6400 are limited to just four channels of PCIe bandwidth. The cards also lack AV1 decoding and H.265/ HEVC encoding support. Read more...

Vimeo improves page load times with support for AVIF images

Usama Jawad — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 04:10:01 +0000

Vimeo has announced support for AVIF images which offer comparable quality while lowering file size. This will improve page load times and bandwidth consumption on browsers which support it. Read more...

Vulkan 1.2.175 specification brings provisional 'Vulkan Video' extensions

Sayan Sen — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:44:01 +0000

The Khronos Group has released the latest Vulkan specification 1.2.175. Among many of the new changes is the notable addition of the provisional extensions for the upcoming 'Vulkan Video' API. Read more...

Microsoft will support hardware-accelerated AV1 codec in latest Windows 10 systems

Usama Jawad — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 06:14:02 +0000

With the next generation of CPU and GPU hardware being made available to the public shortly, Microsoft has announced that it will begin supporting hardware-accelerated AV1 video codec on Windows 10. Read more...

Next gen VVC/ H.266 codec will bring better quality video at lower sizes

Sayan Sen — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:12:01 +0000

The next-generations VVC/H.266 codec has been announced as a follow-up to H.265. Like the previous codecs, H.266 promises a significant reduction in size with no apparent quality loss. Read more...

Apple TV 4K will finally support 4K YouTube videos with tvOS 14 update

Abhay V — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:20:01 +0000

Apple showed off tvOS 14 today at its WWDC conference. The update brings PIP and other features. But it will also bring the ability to stream YouTube videos in 4K resolution on the Apple TV 4K. Read more...

Google reveals four enhancements that it's making to Duo

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:58:01 +0000

Google has announced a group of new features that it has already begun rolling out on Google Duo. They include bigger group sizes, better video calls with AV1, and a new moments picture feature. Read more...

Netflix begins streaming AV1 content on its Android mobile app

Abhay V — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 22:22:01 +0000

Netflix today announced that it is beginning to stream select AV1 content on its Android app. The royalty-free codec brings a 20% improvement to compression efficiency, reducing streaming data usage. Read more...

Firefox 65 launches with new online privacy controls, plus support for WebP and AV1

Paul Hill — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:16:01 +0000

Mozilla has released the next version of its Firefox web browser. In Firefox 65, users can better control their online privacy and gain access to newly introduced support for WebP and the AV1 codec. Read more...

YouTube begins experimenting with new AV1 video format

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:04:01 +0000

Google has begun transcoding videos to the AV1 format. Only a handful of videos have been transcoded into the format but it says that other creators will get it on their videos soon too. Read more...