Support for more than 30 formats, their opening and converting. I don't know the exact details, as some articles mention that it was available from Windows 10 v1809, but my W10 v1809 photo was able to display HEIF images. IrfanView for Windows 10 - A means for viewing images with subsequent correction. This application like Windows Photo Viewer (a default Microsoft. Microsoft has announced support for HEIF containers as a new feature in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17123 (MARCH 16, 2018), so that HEIF format will be available from Windows 10 v1803 for consumers. IrfanView for PC is a free multimedia image viewer and simple image editor by Irfan Skiljan. Google has made HEIF available from Android 9 Pie.Īpple now supports HEIF from the product it shipped in the fall of 2017 (iOS11).

Here's when Apple, Microsoft, and Efanview introduced HEIF.

Timing of HEIF adoption by major manufacturers The software support status is as follows. Available for Microsoft Windows 10 v1809.Available on Apple iOS 11 or later (iPhone 7 or later).The support status on desktop OS and smartphones is as follows.

New image format whose specifications have just been finalized in 2015.

Up to twice the compression rate for still images.

The HEIF container format is a new standard that has been standardized to identify and group multiple image files.

The presence of Webp developed by Google is likely to diminish. HEIF may become the mainstream image format in the near future. I learned that there is an image standard (container format) called HEIF.

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