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Widevine Announcement - 30/07/2024

Widevine is updating clients for all desktop browser platforms in order to address security issues. Most prominently, this includes the Google Chrome browser on PC and Mac.

  • What is the possible impact?
    Google will soon deprecate the Widevine Content Decryption Module (CDM) which is currently in use on desktop browsers. End users who will not have updated their desktop browser by then will not be able to make use of Widevine DRM licenses. This can result in video playback failing. However, the large majority of browsers will automatically update and the end-user experience will be seamless.

  • Timeline of the rollout:

    • August 14, 2024 - Chrome 128 stable release, initial rollout.
    • August 20, 2024 - Chrome 128 stable release, available at 100%.
    • September 03, 2024 - New CDM available to other Chromium-based browsers.
    • October 31, 2024 - All prior CDMs are revoked and deactivated.
    • After October 31, end users may run into issues trying to play any Widevine DRM-protected content on desktops (PCs and Macs), if they have not updated their browsers. This applies to Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers.

  • Is Axinom ready?
    Yes. We have already taken care of any necessary steps to support the upcoming Widevine clients.

  • Do I need to take action?
    Cloud customers: no action required. Axinom cloud components are kept up-to-date as needed.
    On-premises customers: remember to regularly update the Device Certificate Status List.

Widevine Announcement - 30/03/2023

Device Revocation Schedule

Widevine is moving to a monthly schedule for device series revocations and downgrades. These actions will be executed on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Note: Individual devices will still be revoked on a daily basis.

Widevine Announcement - 30/03/2023

Playstation 5 Support

Widevine and the PlayStation® teams announced the availability of the Widevine Level 1 native client for PlayStation®5 consoles.

To work with Widevine, please request the PlayStation®5 Media SDK (Web-based media application framework). Reach out to your PlayStation representative or widevine.com/contact if you have any questions.

Widevine Announcement - 01/12/2022

Widevine policy is to support desktop browser versions for the past 12 months. For Chromium-based platforms, this means support for M97 or later versions.

Browsers older than M97 (Chrome or Chromium) will not be configured to download the latest Widevine desktop browser CDM.

Note: The Widevine desktop browser CDM is technically compatible with earlier versions of Chromium but we will only support Chromium versions in the past 12 months.

Widevine Announcement - 31/10/2022

Google is updating the Widevine clients for all desktop browser platforms in order to address a recent security issue. Most prominently, this includes the Google Chrome browser on PC and Mac.

  • What is the possible impact?
    Google will soon deprecate the Widevine Content Decryption Module (CDM) which is currently in use on desktop browsers. End users who will not have updated their desktop browser by then will not be able to make use of Widevine DRM licenses. This can result in video playback failing. However, the large majority of browsers will automatically update and the end-user experience will be seamless.

  • Timeline of the rollout:

    • October 25, 2022 - Chrome 107 stable release, initial rollout.
    • November 1, 2022 - Chrome 107 stable release, available at 100%. November 15, 2022 - New CDM available to other Chromium-based browsers.
    • December 6, 2022 - All prior CDMs are revoked and deactivated.
    • After December 6, end users may run into issues trying to play any Widevine DRM-protected content on desktops (PCs and Macs), if they have not updated their browsers. This applies to Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers.

  • Is Axinom ready?
    Yes. We have already taken care of any necessary steps to support the upcoming Widevine clients.

  • Do I need to take action?
    Most of our customers use the Axinom DRM cloud service. They do not have to take any action, we have completed the necessary updates already.