The Alliance for Open Media announced today that they will be launching the next-generation AV2 video codec at the end of 2025.
AOMedia committed to announcing the AV2 video codec at the end of the year for this successor to the very popular and powerful AV1 codec.
“Set for a year-end release, AV2 is not only an upgrade to the widely adopted AV1 but also a foundational piece of AOMedia’s future tech stack.
AV2, a generation leap in open video coding and the answer to the world’s growing streaming demands, delivers significantly better compression performance than AV1. AV2 provides enhanced support for AR/VR applications, split-screen delivery of multiple programs, improved handling of screen content, and an ability to operate over a wider visual quality range. AV2 marks a milestone on the path to an open, innovative future of media experiences.”
The brief details can be found on AOMedia.org.
AV2 coming isn’t too surprising in that since 2023 we’ve seen AV2 references in libavif and similar as they have worked toward finalizing the specification. We are very excited to learn more about AV2 and look forward to its future adotpion as a next-gen open-source video codec.
