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HEVC (H.265) Codec Family

43.31% Encoder Support
78,151,903 of 180,457,963 tests supported HEVC (H.265) encoding across 84 codec variants
77.35% Decoder Support
136,259,449 of 176,167,835 tests supported HEVC (H.265) decoding

VideoEncoder Support Matrix

Aggregate encoder support across all HEVC (H.265) variants from 180,457,963 tests.

Browser Windows Windows macOS macOS iOS iOS Android Android Linux Linux
ChromeChrome/Chromium
 40.05% 29,178,340 / 72,856,704 48.06% 4,060,545 / 8,448,397 66.75% 259 / 388 44.97% 24,534,813 / 54,563,046 23.31% 858,148 / 3,681,411
SafariSafari
 — 91.36% 3,692,284 / 4,041,551 85.18% 15,623,998 / 18,341,821 — —
EdgeEdge
 0.0% 581 / 12,064,969 0.09% 107 / 123,079 — 0.0% 0 / 354,037 0.19% 111 / 57,255
FirefoxFirefox
 0.0% 177 / 4,497,632 0.02% 115 / 623,769 — 0.17% 16 / 9,312 0.82% 4,150 / 505,949

VideoDecoder Support Matrix

Aggregate decoder support across all HEVC (H.265) variants from 176,167,835 tests.

Browser Windows Windows macOS macOS iOS iOS Android Android Linux Linux
ChromeChrome/Chromium
 83.76% 59,443,369 / 70,968,062 96.6% 7,863,877 / 8,140,486 66.75% 259 / 388 75.83% 40,741,005 / 53,727,207 58.1% 2,079,923 / 3,580,147
SafariSafari
 — 91.41% 3,589,096 / 3,926,256 85.19% 15,223,390 / 17,870,199 — —
EdgeEdge
 56.78% 6,660,641 / 11,730,054 98.35% 117,555 / 119,523 — 89.39% 310,752 / 347,624 73.91% 41,945 / 56,751
FirefoxFirefox
 0.01% 416 / 4,347,971 0.79% 4,750 / 604,138 — 0.26% 22 / 8,575 1.93% 9,409 / 486,460

Codec Variants (84)