Watch Out, Dolby: Apple and Google Just Announced a New Custom Version of HDR, and It Could Arrive on the iPhone 18 First

Watch out, Dolby: Apple and Google just announced a new custom version of HDR, and it could arrive on the iPhone 18 first

Eclipsa Video is arriving this year to make sure HDR works consistently across different screens and devices.

As someone who reviews TVs, here's why Apple and Google's new HDR standard matters

But Dolby Vision 2 isn’t alone. Google, Apple, and NBCUniversal are working on their own HDR spec, called ‘Eclipsa’. Eclipsa has been floating around for a couple of years already. Having first been announced for Eclipsa Audio back in 2023 with Google and Samsung. Samsung also included it in its 2025 TVs back at CES 2025. While Eclipsa Video only recently started to arrive late last year. Samsung is notably absent from Eclipsa Video, but we don’…

Apple and Google quietly developed a new HDR standard: Eclipsa Video

A threat to Dolby Vision 2 and HDR10+?