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Enable HEVC hardware decoding.

Category

Multimedia

Type

Chromium catches up

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 107)

Intent stage

Shipped

• Breaking change: No
• Enterprise impact: None
• Spec maturity: Published standard
• Web Platform Tests: No

Summary

Enables support for decoding HEVC video on platforms where hardware (e.g., GPU, media accelerator, etc) for decoding HEVC is available (Android 5.0+, macOS 11+, with supported hardware on Windows 8+ and ChromeOS).

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.265
• Firefox: Negative
• Safari: Shipped/Shipping
• Web developers: Strongly positive — Developed in conjunction with ByteDance and Intel.

Ecosystem

• Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=enable-hevc-hardware-decoding
• Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+Enable%20HEVC%20hardware%20decoding.
• MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=Enable%20HEVC%20hardware%20decoding.
• Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=Enable%20HEVC%20hardware%20decoding.

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