WebP

WebP is an image format that's designed to be provide high quality photographic imagery through smaller filesizes than JPEG.

Verdict

Use with caution

Category

HTML features

Browser support

Can I Use

Works in

all modern browsers

Should you use WebP in 2026?

It's supported natively in Chrome, Android, and Opera.

WebP alpha support is available in Chrome 22 (along with lossless). You can detect alpha support with a onload/onerror handlers.

For now, Modernizr detects WebP support and you can manage your own fallback to jpeg.

Polyfills and fallbacks

WebPJS

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