According to a report by Futuresource Consulting, the next international video compression standard to succeed H.266, likely to be called H.267, would arrive before the end of the decade, by 2028 or 2029.
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As a reminder, the current H.266 process was launched in 2020 and has not yet been widely adopted, in particular due to a lack of integration by broadcasters and manufacturers. H.267 would likely arrive alongside the new wireless communication formats [abc]Wi-Fi[/abc] 8 and 6G, normally coinciding with the maturity of the hardware and software ecosystems of extended reality (or XR, encompassing virtual and augmented reality).
