Netflix has become a key player when it comes to video streaming. After the Spanish content commitments and the announcement by the advertising companies this February, new news appeared in the video clip, this time related data storage on Android.
It's about new codecs new than the previous one, where significant improvements were promised under the mobile network, which would allow users to protect similar content through the storage of important data.
AV1, the person in charge of saving
From Netflix have announced that, in the Android system, the video is already starting to be transmitted via the AV1 codec. This is one of the most modern codecs, an open source proposition that will succeed VP9, the codec used by Netflix (and continues to use) and many other platforms used. But where will users see the development of this codec? For pressure, that will be 20% more, according to Netflix. However, the data on AV1 shows that VP9 and HEVC suppression can be overcome by up to 40% with this codec, to get an idea of the accompanying development.
Netflix notes that prospective users will be users with limited data rates, because of the amazing data savings promised by this compression system.
With this new compression system Netflix aims, according to the account, to benefit especially users with limited data plans. In the meantime, AV1 is visible on Android, although Netflix's goal is to take it to other platforms. Of course, AV1 will be available in other titles (which are not specified).
How to take advantage of this codec
One would think that, when changing the pressure mechanism, everything is automatically applied and the user should not do anything. Unfortunately there is but here. To use this AV1 codec we need to activate the & # 39; Save data & # 39;
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- Settings
- Data usage
- Store data
In terms of reproduction under WiFi networks, codecs will continue to be used. As we show, Other platforms are expected to use a codec Or, for now, this new compression system has only been implemented for Android.
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