HEIC
High Efficiency Image Container
A modern image format used by Apple devices. HEIC provides better compression than JPG while maintaining higher quality, but has limited compatibility outside Apple ecosystem.
Advantages
- Better compression
- Higher quality
- Smaller file size
- Supports transparency
Limitations
- Limited compatibility
- Not web-standard
- Requires conversion for sharing
Common Uses
iPhone photosiPad photosApple device storage
Technical Details
- Format Name
- High Efficiency Image Container
- File Extension
- .heic
- Typical File Size
- 50KB - 3MB for photos