Neowin News Feed for: Av2

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...

As AV1 is still slowly taking off, experimental support for next gen AV2 lands

Sayan Sen — Fri, 05 May 2023 18:12:01 +0000

The AV1 codec was released back in 2018 and even today, the technology is slowly being adopted. Over five years later, AOMedia has now started to add experimental support for the succeeding AV2. Read more...