Qualcomm is preparing to implement hardware support for decoding the AV1 codec in its future platforms. AV1 is the successor to VP9, ​​bypassing the latterms of compression efficiency by 30-40% or more.

Sources say that Qualcomm will add support for AV1 to its SoC, which is hidden behind the catalog number SM8550. The current Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has a catalog number of SM8450, so, apparently, we are talking about Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. That is, you will have to wait until the end of this year or the beginning of next year, when the first smartphones with such a platform come out.

By comparison, top-end SoCs from Samsung and MediaTek already have AV1 support, with MediaTek introducing it to the Dimensity 1000 two years ago.

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