AV1 is a royalty-free video coding format, which has been designed for video streaming over the internet. It was developed by Alliance for Open Media in 2018 and is going to replace the H.264 video format eventually, due to better compression rate and improved video image quality.
Earlier this year, Netflix started supporting AV1 in its Android app. Now, Microsoft has stated that the company will also start supporting AV1 on Windows 10 devices. To know more, continue reading further.