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HEVC/H.265 video format

The High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression standard is a video compression format intended to succeed H.264. It is hard for browsers to universally support HEVC because it is complex and expensive to license. HEVC competes with AV1 which has similar compression quality and provides a free license.

Spec	https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.265
Status	Other

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
		147 ⁽⁸⁾	144 ⁽⁵⁾
		146 ⁽⁸⁾	143 ⁽⁵⁾	TP
		145 ⁽⁸⁾	142 ⁽⁵⁾	26.1
11 ⁽¹⁾	141 ⁽⁴⁾	144 ⁽⁸⁾	141 ⁽⁵⁾	26.0	122 ⁽⁵⁾
10	140 ⁽⁴⁾	143 ⁽⁸⁾	140 ⁽⁵⁾	18.5-18.6	121 ⁽⁵⁾
9	139 ⁽⁴⁾	142 ⁽⁸⁾	139 ⁽⁵⁾	18.4	120 ⁽⁵⁾
8	138 ⁽⁴⁾	141 ⁽⁸⁾	138 ⁽⁵⁾	18.3	119 ⁽⁵⁾
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7	137 ⁽⁴⁾	140 ⁽⁸⁾	137 ⁽⁵⁾	18.2	118 ⁽⁵⁾
6	136 ⁽⁴⁾	139 ⁽⁸⁾	136 ⁽⁵⁾	18.1	117 ⁽⁵⁾
5.5	135 ⁽⁴⁾	138 ⁽⁸⁾	135 ⁽⁵⁾	18.0	116 ⁽⁵⁾
	134 ⁽⁴⁾	137 ⁽⁸⁾	134 ⁽⁵⁾	17.6	115 ⁽⁵⁾
	133 ⁽⁴⁾	136 ⁽⁷⁾	133 ⁽⁵⁾	17.5	114 ⁽⁵⁾
	132 ⁽⁴⁾	135 ⁽⁷⁾	132 ⁽⁵⁾	17.4	113 ⁽⁵⁾
	131 ⁽⁴⁾	134 ⁽⁷⁾	131 ⁽⁵⁾	17.3	112 ⁽⁵⁾
	130 ⁽⁴⁾	133 ⁽⁷⁾	130 ⁽⁵⁾	17.2	111 ⁽⁵⁾
	129 ⁽⁴⁾	132 ⁽⁷⁾	129 ⁽⁵⁾	17.1	110 ⁽⁵⁾
	128 ⁽⁴⁾	131 ⁽⁷⁾	128 ⁽⁵⁾	17.0	109 ⁽⁵⁾
	127 ⁽⁴⁾	130 ⁽⁷⁾	127 ⁽⁵⁾	16.6	108 ⁽⁵⁾
	126 ⁽⁴⁾	129 ⁽⁷⁾	126 ⁽⁵⁾	16.5	107 ⁽⁵⁾
	125 ⁽⁴⁾	128 ⁽⁷⁾	125 ⁽⁵⁾	16.4	106 ⁽⁵⁾
	124 ⁽⁴⁾	127 ⁽⁷⁾	124 ⁽⁵⁾	16.3	105 ⁽⁵⁾
	123 ⁽⁴⁾	126 ⁽⁷⁾	123 ⁽⁵⁾	16.2	104 ⁽⁵⁾
	122 ⁽⁴⁾	125 ⁽⁷⁾	122 ⁽⁵⁾	16.1	103 ⁽⁵⁾
	121 ⁽⁴⁾	124 ⁽⁷⁾	121 ⁽⁵⁾	16.0	102 ⁽⁵⁾
	120 ⁽⁴⁾	123 ⁽⁷⁾	120 ⁽⁵⁾	15.6	101 ⁽⁵⁾
	119 ⁽⁴⁾	122 ⁽⁷⁾	119 ⁽⁵⁾	15.5	100 ⁽⁵⁾
	118 ⁽⁴⁾	121 ⁽⁷⁾	118 ⁽⁵⁾	15.4	99 ⁽⁵⁾
	117 ⁽⁴⁾	120 ⁽⁶⁾	117 ⁽⁵⁾	15.2-15.3	98 ⁽⁵⁾
	116 ⁽⁴⁾	119	116 ⁽⁵⁾	15.1	97 ⁽⁵⁾
	115 ⁽⁴⁾	118	115 ⁽⁵⁾	15	96 ⁽⁵⁾
	114 ⁽⁴⁾	117	114 ⁽⁵⁾	14.1	95 ⁽⁵⁾
	113 ⁽⁴⁾	116	113 ⁽⁵⁾	14	94 ⁽⁵⁾
	112 ⁽⁴⁾	115	112 ⁽⁵⁾	13.1	93
	111 ⁽⁴⁾	114	111 ⁽⁵⁾	13	92
	110 ⁽⁴⁾	113	110 ⁽⁵⁾	12.1 ⁽³⁾	91
	109 ⁽⁴⁾	112	109 ⁽⁵⁾	12 ⁽³⁾	90
	108 ⁽⁴⁾	111	108 ⁽⁵⁾	11.1 ⁽³⁾	89
	107 ⁽⁴⁾	110	107 ⁽⁵⁾	11 ⁽³⁾	88
	106 ⁽⁴⁾	109	106	10.1	87
	105 ⁽⁴⁾	108	105	10	86
	104 ⁽⁴⁾	107	104	9.1	85
	103 ⁽⁴⁾	106	103	9	84
	102 ⁽⁴⁾	105	102	8	83
	101 ⁽⁴⁾	104	101	7.1	82
	100 ⁽⁴⁾	103	100	7	81
	99 ⁽⁴⁾	102	99	6.1	80
	98 ⁽⁴⁾	101	98	6	79
	97 ⁽⁴⁾	100	97	5.1	78
	96 ⁽⁴⁾	99	96	5	77
	95 ⁽⁴⁾	98	95	4	76
	94 ⁽⁴⁾	97	94	3.2	75
	93 ⁽⁴⁾	96	93	3.1	74
	92 ⁽⁴⁾	95	92		73
	91 ⁽⁴⁾	94	91		72
	90 ⁽⁴⁾	93	90		71
	89 ⁽⁴⁾	92	89		70
	88 ⁽⁴⁾	91	88		69
	87 ⁽⁴⁾	90	87		68
	86 ⁽⁴⁾	89	86		67
	85 ⁽⁴⁾	88	85		66
	84 ⁽⁴⁾	87	84		65
	83 ⁽⁴⁾	86	83		64
	81 ⁽⁴⁾	85	81		63
	80 ⁽⁴⁾	84	80		62
	79 ⁽⁴⁾	83	79		60
	18 ⁽¹⁾	82	78		58
	17 ⁽¹⁾	81	77		57
	16 ⁽¹⁾	80	76		56
	15 ⁽¹⁾	79	75		55
	14 ⁽¹⁾	78	74		54
	13 ⁽¹⁾	77	73		53
	12 ⁽¹⁾	76	72		52
		75	71		51
		74	70		50
		73	69		49
		72	68		48
		71	67		47
		70	66		46
		69	65		45
		68	64		44
		67	63		43
		66	62		42
		65	61		41
		64	60		40
		63	59		39
		62	58		38
		61	57		37
		60	56		36
		59	55		35
		58	54		34
		57	53		33
		56	52		32
		55	51		31
		54	50		30
		53	49		29
		52	48		28
		51	47		27
		50	46		26
		49	45		25
		48	44		24
		47	43		23
		46	42		22
		45	41		21
		44	40		20
		43	39		19
		42	38		18
		41	37		17
		40	36		16
		39	35		15
		38	34		12.1
		37	33		12
		36	32		11.6
		35	31		11.5
		34	30		11.1
		33	29		11
		32	28		10.6
		31	27		10.5
		30	26		10.0-10.1
		29	25		9.5-9.6
		28	24		9
		27	23
		26	22
		25	21
		24	20
		23	19
		22	18
		21	17
		20	16
		19	15
		18	14
		17	13
		16	12
		15	11
		14	10
		13	9
		12	8
		11	7
		10	6
		9	5
		8	4
		7
		6
		5
		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
26.1
26.0	all	141 ⁽⁵⁾	10	80 ⁽²⁾	141 ⁽⁵⁾	143 ⁽⁸⁾	11	15.5	28	14.9	13.52	3.0-3.1
18.5-18.6		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		27			2.5
18.4		4.4		12					26
18.3		4.2-4.3		11.5					25
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18.2		4.1		11.1					24
18.1		4		11					23
18.0		3		10					22
17.6-17.7		2.3							21
17.5		2.2							20 ⁽²⁾
17.4		2.1							19.0 ⁽²⁾
17.3									18.0 ⁽²⁾
17.2									17.0 ⁽²⁾
17.1									16.0 ⁽²⁾
17.0									15.0 ⁽²⁾
16.6-16.7									14.0 ⁽²⁾
16.5									13.0 ⁽²⁾
16.4									12.0 ⁽²⁾
16.3									11.1-11.2 ⁽²⁾
16.2									10.1 ⁽²⁾
16.1									9.2 ⁽²⁾
16.0									8.2 ⁽²⁾
15.6-15.8									7.2-7.4 ⁽²⁾
15.5									6.2-6.4 ⁽²⁾
15.4									5.0-5.4 ⁽²⁾
15.2-15.3									4
15.0-15.1
14.5-14.8
14.0-14.4
13.4-13.7
13.3
13.2
13.0-13.1
12.2-12.5
12.0-12.1
11.3-11.4
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

Supported only for devices with hardware support
Reported to work in certain Android devices with hardware support
Supported only on macOS High Sierra or later
Supported for all devices on macOS (>= Big Sur 11.0) and Android (>= 5.0) if Edge >= 107, for devices with hardware support on Windows (>= Windows 10 1709) when HEVC video extensions from the Microsoft Store is installed
Supported for all devices on macOS (>= Big Sur 11.0) and Android (>= 5.0), for devices with hardware support on Windows (>= Windows 8), and for devices with hardware support powered by VAAPI on Linux and ChromeOS
Supported for devices with hardware support (the range is the same as Edge) on Windows in Nightly only. 10-bit or higher colors are not supported.
Supported for devices with hardware support (the range is the same as Edge) on Windows only. Enabled by default in Nightly and can be enabled via the media.wmf.hevc.enabled pref in about:config. 10-bit or higher colors are not supported.
Supported for devices with hardware support, software fallback in some cases. See details here on MDN.

Resources

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