# ESP-GMF v1.0: General Multimedia Framework, First Official Release

DevFeed: [ESP-GMF v1.0: General Multimedia Framework, First Official Release](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/esp-gmf-v1-0-general-multimedia-framework-first-official-release-13782.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.espressif.com/blog/2026/07/esp-gmf-v1-0-release/>)

Author: John Lee

Published: 2026-07-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on Developer Portal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-developer-portal.md>)

Topics: [Frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frameworks.md>), [Espressif](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/espressif.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [software-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-architecture.md>), [Playback](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/playback.md>), [Image processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/image-processing.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [audio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audio.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [esp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp.md>), [esp-gmf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp-gmf.md>), [espressif](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/espressif.md>), [image-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image-processing.md>), [multimedia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multimedia.md>), [playback](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/playback.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [software-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-architecture.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

Espressif announces ESP-GMF v1.0, the first official release of its unified multimedia framework for developing audio, video, and AI multimedia applications on Espressif chips. The release provides a stable API, a modular component architecture, broader media and hardware support, and improved code reuse. It also introduces the ESP Multimedia Core as a shared foundation for multimedia components.

## Source excerpt

ESP-GMF v1.0 is the first official release of Espressif's General Multimedia Framework, a lightweight, unified framework for building audio, video, and AI multimedia applications on Espressif chips. This post introduces the release, walks through what is new for each component area, and lists the full v1.0 component set.