HEVC/H.265 video format

The High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression standard is a video compression format intended to succeed H.264. It is hard for browsers to universally support HEVC because it is complex and expensive to license. HEVC competes with AV1 which has similar compression quality and provides a free license.

Other: https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.265

Usage: 16.9% + 76.6% = 93.5%

Support summary

IE: partial since 11, notes for version 11₁
Edge: partial since 12, notes for version 12₁, notes for version 79₄
Firefox: partial since 137, available but disabled by default since 121, notes for version 120₆, notes for version 121₇, notes for version 137₈
Chrome: partial since 107, notes for version 107₅
Safari: 13, partial since 11, notes for version 11₃
Opera: partial since 94, notes for version 94₅
Safari on iOS: 11.0-11.2
Opera Mini: Not supported
Android Browser: partial since 154, notes for version 154₅
Blackberry Browser: Not supported
Opera Mobile: Not supported, notes for version 80₂
Chrome for Android: partial since 154, notes for version 154₅
Firefox for Android: partial since 157, notes for version 157₈
IE Mobile: Not supported
UC Browser for Android: Not supported
Samsung Internet: 21, notes for version 5.0-5.4₂
QQ Browser: Not supported
Baidu Browser: 13.52
KaiOS Browser: Not supported

Notes

Supported only for devices with hardware support ↑
Reported to work in certain Android devices with hardware support ↑
Supported only on macOS High Sierra or later ↑
Supported for all devices on macOS (>= Big Sur 11.0) and Android (>= 5.0) if Edge >= 107, for devices with hardware support on Windows (>= Windows 10 1709) when HEVC video extensions from the Microsoft Store is installed ↑
Supported for all devices on macOS (>= Big Sur 11.0) and Android (>= 5.0), for devices with hardware support on Windows (>= Windows 8), and for devices with hardware support powered by VAAPI on Linux and ChromeOS ↑
Supported for devices with hardware support (the range is the same as Edge) on Windows in Nightly only. 10-bit or higher colors are not supported. ↑
Supported for devices with hardware support (the range is the same as Edge) on Windows only. Enabled by default in Nightly and can be enabled via the `media.wmf.hevc.enabled` pref in `about:config`. 10-bit or higher colors are not supported. ↑
Supported for devices with hardware support, software fallback in some cases. See details here on MDN. ↑

Full support table

IE

5.5	6	7	8	9	10	11
n	n	n	n	n	n	a

Edge

12	13	14	15	16	17	18	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149	150	151	152	153	154
a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a

Firefox

2	3	3.5	3.6	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149	150	151	152	153	154	155	156	157	158	159	160
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	n,d	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a

Chrome

4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149	150	151	152	153	154	155	156	157
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a

Safari

3.1	3.2	4	5	5.1	6	6.1	7	7.1	8	9	9.1	10	10.1	11	11.1	12	12.1	13	13.1	14	14.1	15	15.1	15.2-15.3	15.4	15.5	15.6	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.6	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.4	18.5-18.7	26.0	26.1	26.2	26.3	26.4	26.5	26.6	27	27.1	27.2	TP
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	a	a	a	a	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Opera

9	9.5-9.6	10.0-10.1	10.5	10.6	11	11.1	11.5	11.6	12	12.1	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	60	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	131	132	133	134	135
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a

Safari on iOS

3.2	4.0-4.1	4.2-4.3	5.0-5.1	6.0-6.1	7.0-7.1	8	8.1-8.4	9.0-9.2	9.3	10.0-10.2	10.3	11.0-11.2	11.3-11.4	12.0-12.1	12.2-12.5	13.0-13.1	13.2	13.3	13.4-13.7	14.0-14.4	14.5-14.8	15.0-15.1	15.2-15.3	15.4	15.5	15.6-15.8	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6-16.7	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.6-17.7	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.4	18.5-18.7	26.0	26.1	26.2	26.3	26.4	26.5	26.6	27.0	27.1	27.2
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

Opera Mini

all
n

Android Browser

2.1	2.2	2.3	3	4	4.1	4.2-4.3	4.4	4.4.3-4.4.4	154
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	a

Blackberry Browser

7	10
n	n

Opera Mobile

10	11	11.1	11.5	12	12.1	80
n	n	n	n	n	n	n

Chrome for Android

154
a

Firefox for Android

157
a

IE Mobile

10	11
n	n

UC Browser for Android

15.5
n

Samsung Internet

4	5.0-5.4	6.2-6.4	7.2-7.4	8.2	9.2	10.1	11.1-11.2	12.0	13.0	14.0	15.0	16.0	17.0	18.0	19.0	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y	y

QQ Browser

14.9
n

Baidu Browser

13.52
y

KaiOS Browser

2.5	3.0-3.1
n	n

y = supported
a = partially supported, see notes
x = supported with a prefix, e.g. moz, webkit
p = supported with a polyfill
d = available but disabled by default; the feature need to be enabled in about:config, chrome://flags, etc.
n = not supported
u = unknown/untested

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