Android P lands native HDR video and high-efficiency media format support
Phones and tablets with HDR-certified displays are starting to inundate our specs database, and there is now barely a high-end phone announced that doesn't have wide color-capable screens. Some are even able to capture true HDR video to showcase on said displays, too.
Well, Android is finally catching up with the times, and Google just mentioned in its Android P Developer Preview roundup above that the new version will have native decoder for HDR VP9 video, making it easier for devs to create playback-capable apps. In addition, there will be built-in high-efficiency formats for images and video, that can hold almost twice the data that JPEG typically houses, at about the same file size.
Granted, Apple and Samsung already offer you to record in high-efficiency codecs, but it's nice to see that Google will introduce this option in the source code, making playback and viewing much more compatible among devices.
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