Are there any web browsers out there that can playback the H.265 / MPEG-4 HEVC codec in a html5 video element? On what platform or hardware?
I heard rumours about HEVC support in Edge when hardware decoding is available. With current GPUs and CPUs shipping with HEVC hardware decoding I wonder which other browser vendors are following. Firefox already works like this for H.264
It works in IE and Edge but only if there is hardware support. It's also reported to work in Android browser and Chrome for Android on some devices that have hardware support.
Source: https://caniuse.com/#feat=hevc
n.b. If you strive to use h.265 to embed better quality video in your web content you should also consider transcoding and including webm: http://caniuse.com/webm/embed/. Support is flaky as well, but will absolutely improve rapidly as chip manufacturers are increasingly including hardware acceleration for both standards (HEVC and VP9)