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AV1 video format

AV1 (AOMedia Video 1) is a royalty-free video format by the Alliance for Open Media, meant to succeed its predecessor VP9 and compete with the HEVC/H.265 format.

Spec	https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/av1-spec
Status	Other

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			108
		107	107	TP
		106	106	16.1
11	105 ⁽¹⁾	105	105	16.0	91
10	104 ⁽¹⁾	104	104	15.6	90
9	103 ⁽¹⁾	103	103	15.5	89
8	102 ⁽¹⁾	102	102	15.4	88
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7	101 ⁽¹⁾	101	101	15.2-15.3	87
6	100 ⁽¹⁾	100	100	15.1	86
5.5	99 ⁽¹⁾	99	99	15	85
	98 ⁽¹⁾	98	98	14.1	84
	97 ⁽¹⁾	97	97	14	83
	96 ⁽¹⁾	96	96	13.1	82
	95 ⁽¹⁾	95	95	13	81
	94 ⁽¹⁾	94	94	12.1	80
	93 ⁽¹⁾	93	93	12	79
	92 ⁽¹⁾	92	92	11.1	78
	91 ⁽¹⁾	91	91	11	77
	90 ⁽¹⁾	90	90	10.1	76
	89 ⁽¹⁾	89	89	10	75
	88 ⁽¹⁾	88	88	9.1	74
	87 ⁽¹⁾	87	87	9	73
	86 ⁽¹⁾	86	86	8	72
	85 ⁽¹⁾	85	85	7.1	71
	84 ⁽¹⁾	84	84	7	70
	83 ⁽¹⁾	83	83	6.1	69
	81 ⁽¹⁾	82	81	6	68
	80 ⁽¹⁾	81	80	5.1	67
	79 ⁽¹⁾	80	79	5	66
	18 ⁽¹⁾	79	78	4	65
	17	78	77	3.2	64
	16	77	76	3.1	63
	15	76	75		62
	14	75	74		60
	13	74	73		58
	12	73	72		57
		72	71		56
		71	70		55
		70	69		54
		69	68		53
		68	67		52
		67	66		51
		66 ⁽³⁾	65		50
		65 ⁽²⁾	64		49
		64	63		48
		63	62		47
		62	61		46
		61	60		45
		60	59		44
		59	58		43
		58	57		42
		57	56		41
		56	55		40
		55	54		39
		54	53		38
		53	52		37
		52	51		36
		51	50		35
		50	49		34
		49	48		33
		48	47		32
		47	46		31
		46	45		30
		45	44		29
		44	43		28
		43	42		27
		42	41		26
		41	40		25
		40	39		24
		39	38		23
		38	37		22
		37	36		21
		36	35		20
		35	34		19
		34	33		18
		33	32		17
		32	31		16
		31	30		15
		30	29		12.1
		29	28		12
		28	27		11.6
		27	26		11.5
		26	25		11.1
		25	24		11
		24	23		10.6
		23	22		10.5
		22	21		10.0-10.1
		21	20		9.5-9.6
		20	19		9
		19	18
		18	17
		17	16
		16	15
		15	14
		14	13
		13	12
		12	11
		11	10
		10	9
		9	8
		8	7
		7	6
		6	5
		5	4
		4
		3.6
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
16.1
16.0	all	105	10	64	105	104 ⁽⁴⁾	11	13.4	18.0	13.1	13.18	2.5
15.6		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		17.0
15.5		4.4		12					16.0
15.4		4.2-4.3		11.5					15.0
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15.2-15.3		4.1		11.1					14.0
15.0-15.1		4		11					13.0
14.5-14.8		3		10					12.0
14.0-14.4		2.3							11.1-11.2
13.4-13.7		2.2							10.1
13.3		2.1							9.2
13.2									8.2
13.0-13.1									7.2-7.4
12.2-12.5									6.2-6.4
12.0-12.1									5.0-5.4
11.3-11.4									4
11.0-11.2
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

Can be enabled in Edge on Windows 10 or later by installing the AV1 Video Extension from the Microsoft Store
Firefox 65 only supported AV1 on Windows 64-bit
Firefox 66 only supported AV1 on Windows and macOS
Can be enabled in Firefox for Android via the media.av1.enabled flag in about:config

Resources

Data by caniuse.com
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
https://caniuse.com/av1