Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome
Google Chrome is introducing support for the JPEG XL image format starting with version 155, aiming to provide better compression and HDR support. The implementation uses a memory-safe Rust decoder to mitigate security vulnerabilities common in C++ decoders.
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The adoption of memory-safe languages like Rust in core browser components represents a significant shift in web security standards.
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We're excited to announce that Chrome is shipping decoding support for the JPEG XL ( .jxl ) image format starting from Chrome 155. JPEG XL is a next-generation image format designed to meet the needs of modern web developers and photographers. It offers 30-50% better compression than JPEG, lossless compression, built-in HDR support, lossless JPEG transcoding, and more.
In general, we recommend trying both AVIF and JPEG XL to get the best results. We expect that JPEG XL is most helpful for high-fidelity or lossless compression, especially of photographic images or in cases in which fine-grained progressive decoding is preferred.
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