The Intel ANV Vulkan driver has received updates that enhance its H.265 video decoding capabilities. While initial Vulkan Video support for H.265 decoding was integrated back in 2023, it was noted to be slightly non-compliant with the official Vulkan specification. The newest code for Mesa 26.3 addresses this issue. The improvement is achieved by enabling the HuC firmware, which ensures the driver adheres more closely to the Vulkan specification for H.265 decoding operations. This update provides more robust and standard-compliant hardware accelerated video decoding for Intel GPUs on Linux.