RDK6 Feature List

Category

RDK6 Plan

Comcast XG/XI (Q2-23)

Sky (Q2-23)

YouTube

V23

V23

Netflix

V6.1

V6.1

Amazon Prime

V5

Web

Firebolt

V1.0

RDK Trunk

Ripple

RDK6

RDK Trunk

Lightning

V2.8

V2.8

QT for BLE

V5.1.1 OSS version

V5.1.1 OSS version

Core Thunder framework

Version R3.5

Version R3.5

Browser - WPEWebkit

V2.38

V2.38

Casting

DIAL

V2.3

V2.3

DAC (Containerization)

Dobby

Rialto 

Packager (Lisa)

AppArmor (Security)

RDK6

TBD

Rendering

ESSOS with Westeros

ESSOS with Westeros

Graphics

OpenGL ES

OpenGL ES

Gstreamer

1.18

1.18

Gstreamer SoC SDK

RDK-next (RDK community version of Broadcom SDK)

Proprietary version of Broadcom SDK *

DRM & Content protection

PlayReady

Widevine

Common SVP

Verimatrix

4.4

Widevine 16

RDK6

RDK6

4.4

Widevine 16

RDK Trunk

NA

Yocto version

Yocto 3.1 (Dunfell)

Yocto 4.0 (Kirkstone)

Kernel

5.4 Android common kernel

Android Common Kernel

Init system

Systemd v244 (Yocto 3.1)

Systemd v250

Application Manager

RDK Shell TBD**

Proprietary (XRE)

Broadcom SDK

V23.0

V20.2  (All Platforms)

Video Player Instance

 IP

 QAM

 DVB

 ATSC

 TSB

 DAC Apps

UVE (AAMP)

UVE via RMF (QAMSrc)

UVE via RMF (DVB)

TBD

Fog

RIALTO

UVE (AAMP)

UVE via RMF (QAMSrc)

NA

UVE via MediaRite

Fog

RIALTO

Remote Control and Voice

Voice Stack

RF4CE remote

BLE voice remote

External Audio support

RDK6

NA

RDK6*

RDK6

RDK Trunk (XR Audio)

Comcast Proprietary 

NA

RDK Trunk (Audio Server)

Networking

Wi-Fi

LAN

RDK6

RDK6

Comcast Proprietary

RDK Trunk

Device Management

Telemetry

Feature Control

Crash Upload

Firmware Upgrade

TBD**

TBD

TBD

TBD

Telemetry 2.0 (via WebPA)

RFC with Xconf rules

Crash Upload

System Plugin