Convert HEIC to WebP
Free online converter for HEIC files. Modern web format, roughly 30% smaller than JPEG. Nothing to install, no watermark, and every file is deleted automatically.
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About HEIC and WEBP
HEIC .heic
Apple's default photo format since iOS 11, storing HEVC-compressed images in a HEIF container. It is roughly half the size of an equivalent JPEG.
Good for
- About half the size of JPEG at similar quality
- Keeps transparency, depth maps and image sequences
- 10-bit colour, so smoother gradients than JPEG
Trade-offs
- Poor support outside Apple platforms — this is the usual reason to convert
- Patent-encumbered, which is why support is uneven
- Lossy, so quality does not come back
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WebP .webp
Google's image format, designed to replace both JPEG and PNG. It can compress either way — lossy for photographs, lossless for graphics — and supports transparency and animation in both modes.
Good for
- Typically 25–35% smaller than JPEG at comparable quality
- Transparency in lossy mode, which JPEG cannot do at all
- One format covers photographs, graphics and short animations
Trade-offs
- Older software and some print workflows still will not open it
- Lossy WebP discards detail just as JPEG does
- Editing tools support it less consistently than PNG or JPEG
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HEIC and WEBP side by side
| HEIC | WEBP | |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy (HEVC) | Lossy or lossless |
| Transparency | Yes | Yes |
| Animation | Yes — Live Photos and bursts | Yes |
| Typically used for | iPhone and iPad camera output | Web images where size matters |
What changes when you convert HEIC to WEBP
Why this conversion exists
HEIC is what an iPhone saves by default, and almost nothing outside Apple's ecosystem opens it — which is why most people arrive here. WEBP trades HEIC's efficiency for the ability to open the file anywhere. Depth maps, Live Photo motion and any other auxiliary data in the HEIC are not carried across; what you get is the photograph itself.
You choose how much to keep
WEBP can compress either lossily or losslessly, so the quality setting decides the outcome rather than the format. High quality stays close to the HEIC you started with; lower settings trade visible detail for a much smaller file.
Camera data is removed by default
A HEIC straight from a phone or camera carries EXIF metadata — model, settings, timestamp and, quite often, the GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken. The converted WEBP is written without it, so a file you are about to share does not quietly carry your location. The orientation flag is read and applied to the pixels first, so the image will not come out sideways once the tag holding it is gone. If you need the metadata kept, there is a setting for it.
How the WEBP is written
Our default is quality 82, with the encoder choosing colour subsampling per image rather than applying it blindly. The quality control on the converter moves this if you need to — the default aims to be indistinguishable from the source at a sensible file size, rather than to win a compression benchmark.
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