WebP

Google's image format

WebP is an image file format developed by Google, designed to produce smaller file sizes than JPEG or PNG while maintaining comparable quality.

It supports both lossy and lossless compression, transparency, and animation.

WebP is widely used on the web for faster page loading: The site converted all images to WebP to improve performance.

format

PNG

Lossless web graphics format

  • JPEGLossy photo compression standard
  • GIFAnimated image format
  • TIFFRaster graphics specification

SVG · lossless · lossy · transparency · alpha channel · animation · raster · codec · container · metadata

compression

file size

Storage space occupied

  • lossySacrificing fidelity for size
  • losslessRetaining all original information
  • qualityStandard or attribute

artifacts · quantization · bitrate · compression ratio · optimization · bandwidth · encoding · decoding · transcoding · streaming

web

browser

Web access program

CSS · page load · bandwidth · HTTP · HTTPS · CDN · responsive · lazy loading · SEO · performance

Google

Android

Google's phone platform

  • PicasaDiscontinued photo management application
  • GmailSearch giant's messaging platform
  • Google PhotosCloud image storage service

Google Images · Chromium · Play Store · AMP

Opposites
image format generation

WebPRAW

Unaltered sensor output format

GIF · TIFF · JPEG · PNG

Phrases
Family

web, website, webs, cobweb, webbing, spiderweb, interweb, weber

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Rated G