Google Tensor G3 is the world’s first smartphone SoC to support AV1 encoding for up to 4K 60FPS videos. Learn more about it here.
Google‘s current-gen Tensor G3 chip, used in the Pixel 8 series, has a hidden feature — built-in support for the AV1 codec. This marks it as the first smartphone processor capable of handling AV1 video. Impressively, the processor can encode video at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second (FPS).
For those unaware, AV1 is a newer video compression standard that promises better quality and compression compared to the older H.264 codec.
Tech sleuth Mishaal Rahman shared a code snippet confirming the processor’s AV1 support up to 4K resolution and 60FPS.
