Faster loading times can really change how people use a site. They are less likely to leave right away. This activity boosts the metrics that search engines care about. Because of these perks, WebP is ...

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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 ...

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, ...

While downloading images from the internet, you may have come across one of the relatively newer image formats called WebP. It is a file format launched by Google back in 2010. What makes WebP special ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The leaders of Google's browser engine project conclude they won't support the animated version of Google's own new image format until performance concerns are resolved. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

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 ...