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 ...

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 ...

Addressing early criticisms, Google finalizes how its image file format will handle metadata and color profiles. Also new: faster encoding and animation support. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

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 ...

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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 a popular yet less used image format, which is being managed by Google. Although it has been a few years since Google launched this image format, not many sites have adopted it. However, WebP ...

Google WebP engineers are encountering resistance from Google Chrome engineers about whether it's worth supporting the animated version of the image format. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Most of your digital photos are stored in the JPEG format (a.k.a. JPG), but when you download an image from the web these days, it may be using the more modern WebP format. It's likely you're also ...