# Does the iOS Bitmovin Player Support AV1?

**URL:** <https://community.bitmovin.com/t/does-the-ios-bitmovin-player-support-av1/1785>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** ios\
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/does-the-ios-bitmovin-player-support-av1/1785 "2023-03-09T19:03:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael.eisel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@michael.eisel](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/michael.eisel)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/does-the-ios-bitmovin-player-support-av1/1785/1 "2023-03-09T19:03:07Z")

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I was curious if it supported AV1. If not, is there some other 3rd-party library to do this?

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**Author:** ![ludovic.michaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.bitmovin.com/ludovic.michaud/32/811_2.png) [@ludovic.michaud](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/ludovic.michaud)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/does-the-ios-bitmovin-player-support-av1/1785/2 "2023-03-09T20:45:55Z")

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AV1 would be supported by our iOS SDK if iOS devices were able to decode it.  
As of now, it doesn’t seem like iOS devices are AV1 capable.

> **[The State of AV1 Playback Support: 2022 - Bitmovin](https://bitmovin.com/av1-playback-support/#browsers-and-os)**
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> In this post, I'll be taking a look at the current state of AV1 playback support, covering which browsers, mobile devices, smart TVs, consoles and streaming