Qualcomm’s newly launched Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset is not only the most advanced but also the world’s first to use Samsung’s APV codec.
Recently, during the Snapdragon Summit 2025 event, Qualcomm introduced the most advanced smartphone chip ever, called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. On the other side, Samsung is gearing up to launch its next-generation Galaxy S26 series in early 2026, which is supposed to be powered by this newly announced chipset.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 listed its name as the world’s first chip to use Samsung’s APV video codec, which aims to compete with Apple’s ProRes codec. In case you missed it, the APV stands for Advanced Professional Video, which is a new codec developed by Samsung back in 2023.
APV is a royalty-free video codec that allows cinematic-quality video capture on smartphones and post-production capabilities, offers near-lossless quality, and is 10% more space-efficient compared to Apple’s ProRes video codec & 20% more efficient than HEVC. It also supports intra-frame-only coding, multi-view videos, HDR10+, up to 8K resolution, high-end chroma sub-sampling ranging from 4:0:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4, and 4:4:4:4, and bit depths from 10-bit to 16-bit.
Recently, it’s also been reported that the upcoming Galaxy S26 series could support APV Codec & LUT Profiles, which will allow you to record cinematic-quality videos that retain their clarity even after heavy editing.
