A major release of the libjxl library, which is the reference implementation of the JPEG XL image format has been made. The new release includes major improvements across the board, including numerous features as well as performance and compression improvements.
Read More →JPEG XL support shipped in Google Chrome 145, behind the #enable-jxl-image-format flag. Support can be enabled by navigating to the chrome://flags/#enable-jxl-image-format page and switching it to Enabled.
Chromium, the open-source browser engine behind Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, has merged support for JPEG XL. Though behind an ENABLE_JXL_DECODER flag for now, this indicates that JPEG XL may be in a new version of Chrome and Edge in the near future.
The PDF Association announces that JPEG XL will be added to the PDF specification in the future. This will allow JPEG XL to be used in PDF files.
Read More →Cloudinary has released a detailed comparison of JPEG XL compression, showing that JPEG XL can achieve similar quality to PNG at just 60% of the size, while providing 2x the dynamic range of standard JPEG.
Read More →Microsoft releases a JPEG XL extension for Windows, allowing users to view and save JPEG XL files from the Windows File Explorer.
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