You may have seen a new photo file format on the rise, Google's own WebP. Here's how the format works, what it's good for, and everything else you should know.

WebP was developed by Google to replace the outdated JPG, PNG, and GIF formats and is said to be technically superior to all three. The format supports both lossless and lossy compression.

In the case of WebP, there is even a bigger size reduction: lossless WebP is about 25% smaller than the PNG, and its lossy version can be up to 35% smaller than the widely popular JPEG.

WebP was created as an improved version of JPEG, PNG, and GIF, with more flexibility and smaller file sizes than those older formats. Widespread adoption took a long time, but it’s now fully ...

WebP supporters and new tests One WebP fan is Everything.me, creator of a mobile app for Firefox OS or Android that presents people with a dynamically generated array of Web apps.

WebP is a relatively new image file format from Google designed to make web pages load faster and consume less bandwidth. It’s gradually becoming supported by more and more operating systems and ...

Fortunately, converting WebP images to JPG or PNG isn't too difficult, regardless of whether you're using a computer or phone. Below, we'll show you how to convert WebP files to JPG or PNG on your ...

WebP: Developed by Google, it uses lossless or lossy and is more efficient than JPG (ranging from 25% to 80%), thus providing smaller file sizes at comparable quality levels.

Omfg webp does not seem to work with anything’s known plugins. I don’t know how something can be a standard if it only works in one place lol.

Open WebP Images on Microsoft Paint. All versions of Windows OS, including Windows 10 or 11, ship with Microsoft Paint, which provides native support for multiple image formats, including the WebP ...