AV2 promises 30% better compression than AV1 and costs nothing to use

The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) recently released version 1.0.0 of the AV2 specification and reference code. The ...

The next big step for mobile video: AV1 successor is coming, with even more data savings

Various streaming services support AV1 playback, while Pixel 10 phones can capture AV1 videos, but AV2 just took a big step ...
Streaming Media Magazine

AV2 Arriving: What We Know, and What We Don’t Know

According to AOMedia’s announcement, AV2 is set for release at the end of 2025. The group highlights several improvements over AV1, including significantly better compression performance (with no ...
TechSpot

AV2 codec to succeed AV1 with improved compression, enhanced streaming capabilities

In a nutshell: Streaming and other demanding video applications are growing rapidly, and existing codecs are struggling to keep pace. Fortunately, AOMedia has pledged to finalize a new generation of ...
TweakTown

The first AV2 1.0.0 encoder is here, promising 30% better efficiency than AV1

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. AOMedia has quietly published the first 1.0.0 release of its AV2 encoder, spotted by users on the AV1 subreddit and picked up by Videocardz. There was no ...
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Development of the next-generation codec 'AV2' is progressing smoothly, and we have reached the stage where we can demonstrate decoding on a laptop.

The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), which aims to develop free and open codecs, has released a draft specification for the next-generation video compression standard, ' AV2 '. Prior to the release, ...
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AV2 saves 30 percent bitrate compared to AV1

The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has released the final specification for AV2. The new video codec is intended to eventually replace AV1 as the next-generation, royalty-free format. According to ...