Netflix recently announced that their team has made a major change to stream movies on Android devices to make it even smoother. From now on, Netflix has changed the AV1 Codec (File Format) video format on their Android app, replacing the previous VP9 Codec format.
Netflix has confirmed that the decision to switch to AV1 Codec will allow this app to run up to 20% better on Android devices compared to the previous version. Although the current version of the video player is only available on Android devices, Netflix has promised to bring it to other devices in the future. In addition, Netflix said that their team is also working with other device makers To broaden Netflix and its capabilities with the chip.
Lastly, it is worth noting that not all movies on Netflix can play AV1 video, but you can enable "Save Data" in Settings to force it to work. It uses this form forever and also saves internet data.
