The JPEG XL photo format, which has advantages in terms of image quality and space savings, will no longer be supported, according to the Chrome team at Google.
Google favors AVIF, a competitor format it co-created. However, JPEG XL has several benefits that photographers would find appealing, and the dispute may mean that we’re stuck using plain old JPEG for an even longer period of time.
The excellent image quality and drastically reduced storage requirements of the new JPEG XL standard convinced the Adobe photo experts to adopt the technology.
But the Google Chrome team recently stopped providing support.
JPEG XL offers benefits beyond only space reduction. Because it was designed for photography, it preserves textures and fine details better than video-derived formats like AVIF and HEIC.