Qualcomm next flagship SoC to support the AV1 video codec
Qualcomm next flagship SoC to support the AV1 video codec. The AV1 video codec was designed to boost the bandwidth efficiency of high-quality video and has been used before by YouTube and Netflix.
But Qualcomm’s chips do not provide native support for decoding AV1 video as does Samsung’s Exynos flagship SoCs in 2021-2022. The good news is that Qualcomm will soon catch up and introduce AV1 decoding within the top-of-the line chipset in 2023. The source claims that the SM8550 chip is the first to implement the technology.
Qualcomm next flagship SoC to support the AV1 video codec
The present Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor’s model code is SM8450 So it’s reasonable to conclude that it’s this Snapdragon 8Gen 2 that we’re discussing here. Samsung claims that AV1 decoding of Exynos 2100 as well as Exynos 2200 allows for more playback time for streaming Netflix or YouTube content.
