Your YouTube and Netflix streams may look better and buffer less later this year
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Alliance for Open Media announced it will launch AV2 later this year, which should be a big upgrade for streaming video. The next-generation video codec is said to offer better compression, enhanced support for AR/VR applications, and will operate over a wider visual quality range. It’s expected that 88% of AOM members — which include brands like Samsung, Google, Microsoft, and Apple — will adopt AV2 within two years. The AV1 video codec is about to make