Chrome 155 adds support for JPEG XL (.jxl) → goo.gle/4yYpSjW Expect 30-50% smaller file sizes than traditional JPEGs, native HDR, progressive rendering, and lossless JPEG transcoding. Under the hood, Chrome uses jxl-rs, a pure Rust decoder built for maximum memory safety and performance.

Oct 19, 2026 · 6:56 PM UTC

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can't wait another 15 years when explorer can preview and thumbnail it
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progressive rendering was so much needed, will eliminate the need of lower res thumbnails
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Huge win for the web smaller files with better quality.
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How does it compare with webp?
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People must be trying to fill their cavernous hard drives. I get it, photographers take a lot of shots, and they want maximum resolution before editing.
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wow. this rs version is so great.
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@googlephotos Please also
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.avif is still undefeated big dog
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Finally! JPEG XL in Chrome is huge for performance image quality.
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Finally 🙌 Is JXL also decodable through createImageBitmap / ImageDecoder, or only <img> and CSS for now? For in-browser file previews that's the difference between "it shows up" and "we can render, zoom and tile it ourselves".
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Hell has frozen over
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Let's gooo
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thx chrome, finally :)
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Wake up babe new webp situation dropped
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@grok compare it to WebP
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They finally vibecoded support after 5 years
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this update SUCKS
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will be adopted just like webp
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lfg
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Nice
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