AV1 has faced criticism in the past for its limited support on mobile devices. Market research firm Scientiamobile reported that AV1 hardware support on mobile devices only reaches 10% of the installed base, with support coming from top manufacturers such as Apple (A17 Pro), Qualcomm (Snapdragon 8 series), Samsung (Exynos 2×000 series), Mediatek (Dimensity series), and Google (Tensor series). The issue was that, until recently, 90% of the smartphone market could not decode AV1 in software. This was due to several factors: first, the processing power required to decode AV1 at HD resolution (e.g., 720p) was too high compared to the available CPU/GPU capabilities; second, lower-end phones simply lacked the necessary processing power. Meta, which has a vested interest in…