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iPhone 6 FaceTime Now Supports H.265. Where Is VP9 for WebRTC?

1 pointsby arnaudbudover 10 years ago

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ZeroGravitasover 10 years ago
Does anyone know the significance of the very specific wording found in the iPhone 6 specs page?:<p>&quot;FaceTime over cellular uses H.264&#x2F;H.265&quot; (on US site)<p>&quot;FaceTime over a mobile network uses H.264&#x2F;H.265&quot; (on UK site)<p>Why would they specify &quot;mobile&#x2F;cellular&quot;? The only thing I could think of was that the extra compression was worth the trade-offs in battery usage in that case due to the limited bandwidth?<p>Also, it looks like VP9 support may have landed (and been reverted?) into Google&#x27;s WebRTC codebase in the last week or so:<p><a href="https://webrtc-codereview.appspot.com/27779004" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webrtc-codereview.appspot.com&#x2F;27779004</a>