Without getting into too many technicalities, WebP incorporates a new encoding algorithm, making the image format superior to PNG, which has been around since 1997, and the even older JPEG image ...

If your image file has the name Image.webp, use this command to convert your file to PNG format: dwebp image.webp -o image.png In this example, we assume that the image file is located in the same ...

The WebP image format is natively supported in Google Chrome, and other web browsers such as Firefox, Edge, and Opera, along with other tools and software libraries.

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.

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 ...

Google built the royalty-free WebM video format with the sophisticated VP8 compression technology that it obtained in its 2009 acquisition of On2. In addition to advancing the goal of open video ...

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 ...

Facebook has begun using a Google image format called WebP that could lower its network costs and speed up its Web site. But the move has angered some members.

Apple similarly added WebP support in iOS 10 and MacOS Sierra, but later replaced it with HEIF, an image format based on the HEVC video compression standard (also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2).

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 ...