WebP image format support

Category: Graphics
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 9)
Intent stage: None

Summary

WebP is an image format that provides lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. WebP lossless images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs; lossy is 35% smaller than JPEG.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/riff_container
Firefox: In development
Safari: No signal
Web developers: Positive

Docs: https://developers.google.com/speed/webp

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