You might have noticed with macOS Big Sur that downloading images in browsers like Safari now happens in a new webp format. Read along for a couple of ways to convert ...

Google has introduced a new image format to help speed up the performance of websites. WebP (pronounced “weppy”) reduces the file size of images by 40 percent, the company claims. Images make up 65 ...

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An increasing number of websites are adopting 'WebP' and 'AVIF' as the format for images inserted into pages. However, many image viewers and image editing software do not support WebP or AVIF, ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

It's a major endorsement for the file format, but some social-network members are upset to have lost their flexible, sharable JPEGs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

You have probably tried downloading an image from a website, expecting a typical JPEG or PNG picture, and instead received a WebP file. Those WebP image don’t ...

WebP is Google’s version of a modern, versatile image format, meant to replace the likes of PNG and JPEG. However, all it’s managed to do in the last several years is be a mild annoyance. It’s great ...

Mozilla is bringing support for Google's WebP image format to Firefox 65. The WebP image format was created by Google as a modern format designed for displaying images on the web. "WebP lossless ...

As part of its self-imposed mission to make the web faster, Google has rolled its own image format. It's called WebP, and it's based on open source technology. Google launched the initiative Thursday ...