Hikvision – Hikvision brings AI to video compression with Guanlan Encoding, cutting storage costs by up to 50%

May 21, 2026 – Hikvision today announced the launch of Guanlan Encoding, an AI-powered video compression technology that delivers 30%–50% average storage savings without compromising critical footage quality.

As resolutions climb, channel counts expand, and retention periods extend, storage has become one of the dominant cost drivers in video security. Guanlan Encoding is built on the H.265 international standard and is powered by Hikvision’s Guanlan Large-Scale AI Model. It extends Guanlan from video analytics into the encoding pipeline.

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