Currently, network quality estimator gives the same priority to RTT from TCP sockets and RTT from QUIC connections. However, on some connections that have TCP middleboxes, the TCP RTT may not be accurate. On such connections, RTT from QUIC connections is expected to be more accurate since it's end-to-end.
Issue 823322 is also related to this.
Comment 1 by bugdroid1@chromium.org
, Apr 23 2018