What's AVIF, and why would I use it over WebP or JPEG?
AVIF is a newer image format that typically produces meaningfully smaller files than JPEG or WebP at the same visual quality — useful for website images where every KB affects load time. The tradeoff is encoding takes longer and a handful of older browsers and apps still don't support it.
Will every browser display an AVIF image?
All current major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) support AVIF now, but some older browser versions and non-browser software (image viewers, older editing tools) don't. If broad compatibility matters more than file size, WebP is a safer middle ground.
Does converting to AVIF lose quality?
AVIF conversion is lossy by default, same as JPEG or WebP — but at a given file size, AVIF generally preserves more visual detail than either. If the source is already a lossy JPEG or WebP, converting adds a small amount of additional generation loss, same as converting between any two lossy formats.