Samsung's new S26 Ultra smartphone now supports the AVP codec for 8K/30 resolution, a codec the company had developed for future phone use. This marks an implementation of the pro-quality codec previously reported in 2023.
Samsung’s S26 Ultra now gives the AVP codec a concrete smartphone implementation at 8K/30, moving it from a 2023 development note into a shipping device. For the streaming and encoding stack, that matters because it ties pro-quality codec work to an actual mobile capture or playback endpoint rather than a lab concept. The relevant signal to watch next is whether Samsung or the 8K Association publishes any additional details on AVP’s behavior beyond 8K/30 support, including whether it appears in other Samsung devices.
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