The High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF) is something now available on Android as well as iPhones, but, what is it and is it worth using?

First off, HEIF files pulled from iPhone bear the HEIC file extension, a container for saving images encoded in the HEVC video format.

To save storage space and bandwidth, and to provide additional capabilities, Apple is moving forward with image and video formats that boast higher compression ratios. Glenn Fleishman dives into the ...

If you are unfamiliar with HEIF, it is an image container that uses modern codecs like HEVC to improve image quality, compression, and capabilities compared to older formats like JPEG, GIF, and PNG.

HEIF, or 'High Efficiency Image File Format,' is a relatively new format that was developed by the MPEG Group in 2015. It's designed to maintain twice as much image data as a JPEG image, while ...

iOS 11 uses new video and photo formats that will help save storage space. And Apple has figured out how to make sure you can use those files on non-iOS 11 devices.

Windows 10's wallpaper Stephen Shankland/CNET A test version of Windows 10 -- a step on the road to a version due this fall -- has the ability to display HEIF images in its Photos app and any ...

Batch HEIC to JPG Converter is a small Windows batch image converter tool, which batch converts HEIC/HEIF images to JPG or PNG format easily. It also supports converting HDR, DNG, NRW, ORF, RW2, RAF, ...