I know that the Snapdragon 821 SoC the Pixel XL has supports 10-bit HEVC hardware decoding, but Google has not enabled it. Note that it seems to have been temporarily enabled in developer preview 4 according to a thread on Google's "Pixel Phone Help", which is why I believe it is possible a software or OS patch would be sufficient to enable HEVC hardware decoding.
Is there any way to enable the 10-bit HEVC hardware decoding capabilities of the Snapdragon 821 in the Pixel XL (e.g. through a custom ROM or root)?
Is there any way to enable the 10-bit HEVC hardware decoding capabilities of the Snapdragon 821 in the Pixel XL (e.g. through a custom ROM or root)?
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