HEIF/HEIC image format

- OTHER

A modern image format based on the HEVC video format. HEIC generally has better compression than WebP, JPEG, PNG and GIF. It is hard for browsers to support HEIC because it is complex and expensive to license. AVIF and JPEG XL provide free licenses and are designed to supersede HEIC.

Chrome

  1. 4 - 122: Not supported
  2. 123: Not supported
  3. 124 - 126: Not supported

Edge

  1. 12 - 122: Not supported
  2. 123: Not supported

Safari

  1. 3.1 - 10.1: Not supported
  2. 11 - 16.6: Not supported
  3. 17.0 - 17.3: Supported
  4. 17.4: Supported
  5. TP: Supported

Firefox

  1. 2 - 123: Not supported
  2. 124: Not supported
  3. 125 - 127: Not supported

Opera

  1. 9 - 107: Not supported
  2. 108: Not supported

IE

  1. 5.5 - 10: Not supported
  2. 11: Not supported

Chrome for Android

  1. 122: Not supported

Safari on iOS

  1. 3.2 - 10.3: Not supported
  2. 11 - 16.5: Not supported
  3. 16.6: Not supported
  4. 17.0 - 17.3: Supported
  5. 17.4: Supported

Samsung Internet

  1. 4 - 22: Not supported
  2. 23: Not supported

Opera Mini

  1. all: Not supported

Opera Mobile

  1. 10 - 12.1: Not supported
  2. 80: Not supported

UC Browser for Android

  1. 15.5: Not supported

Android Browser

  1. 2.1 - 4.4.4: Not supported
  2. 122: Not supported

Firefox for Android

  1. 123: Not supported

QQ Browser

  1. 14.9: Not supported

Baidu Browser

  1. 13.52: Not supported

KaiOS Browser

  1. 2.5: Not supported
  2. 3: Not supported
Resources:
WebKit support bug
Firefox support bug
Wikipedia article