AV2 promises 30% better compression than AV1 and costs nothing to use

The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) recently released version 1.0.0 of the AV2 specification and reference code. The ...

The next big step for mobile video: AV1 successor is coming, with even more data savings

Various streaming services support AV1 playback, while Pixel 10 phones can capture AV1 videos, but AV2 just took a big step ...
CNET

On2's video codec to go open-source

Video-compression provider On2 Technologies said Tuesday it will release an open-source version of its video-compression technology, or codec. Video codecs are pieces of software that are used to ...
Ars Technica

Google opens VP8 codec, aims to nuke H.264 with WebM

Google's long-awaited open-sourcing of the VP8 video codec has finally happened and both Mozilla and Opera are on board with it. The new codec and container combine decent quality with open source ...
tvbeurope.com

Google drops H.264 for WebM

Google is ending support for the H.264 video codec in its Chrome web browser, preferring its own WebM format, writes David Fox. In future, its resources will be “directed towards completely open codec ...