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HEVC (H.265) Codec Family

41.6% Encoder Support
11,203,411 of 26,933,775 tests supported HEVC (H.265) encoding across 84 codec variants
78.87% Decoder Support
17,857,961 of 22,643,684 tests supported HEVC (H.265) decoding

VideoEncoder Support Matrix

Aggregate encoder support across all HEVC (H.265) variants from 26,933,775 tests.

Browser Windows Windows macOS macOS iOS iOS Android Android Linux Linux
ChromeChrome/Chromium
 40.29% 4,878,563 / 12,109,609 47.97% 793,581 / 1,654,215 86.96% 100 / 115 45.47% 2,432,132 / 5,348,461 22.3% 145,293 / 651,588
SafariSafari
 — 91.05% 655,156 / 719,530 85.59% 2,246,952 / 2,625,206 — —
EdgeEdge
 0.0% 47 / 2,601,426 0.18% 55 / 30,979 — 0.0% 0 / 81,238 0.8% 41 / 5,149
FirefoxFirefox
 0.0% 30 / 816,301 0.01% 16 / 110,825 — 0.0% 0 / 2,755 0.8% 874 / 109,065

VideoDecoder Support Matrix

Aggregate decoder support across all HEVC (H.265) variants from 22,643,684 tests.

Browser Windows Windows macOS macOS iOS iOS Android Android Linux Linux
ChromeChrome/Chromium
 86.02% 8,792,567 / 10,220,967 96.7% 1,301,937 / 1,346,304 86.96% 100 / 115 81.41% 3,673,598 / 4,512,622 54.61% 300,529 / 550,324
SafariSafari
 — 91.31% 551,718 / 604,251 85.73% 1,846,297 / 2,153,584 — —
EdgeEdge
 55.93% 1,267,717 / 2,266,511 98.4% 26,983 / 27,423 — 91.9% 68,762 / 74,825 46.91% 2,179 / 4,645
FirefoxFirefox
 0.01% 82 / 666,640 0.62% 569 / 91,194 — 0.0% 0 / 2,018 1.84% 1,649 / 89,597

Codec Variants (84)