HEIC to WebP converter

WebP is the closest thing to HEIC that browsers actually support. If the photo is going on a website, this is usually the conversion you want. It runs on your own device.

Converting to WebP. Drop one picture or a whole pile of them.

Drop your pictures here

or click to browse. iPhone photos, JPG, PNG, WebP and AVIF, with no size cap. Up to 50 at a time. Stays on your device.

Nothing is uploaded

The conversion runs on your own device. Turn your network off once it starts and it still finishes.

No cap on the file

There is no server bill to protect here, so the only limit is your own device, not a plan tier.

No signup, no watermark

No account, no trial, and no upgrade prompt on the download. Ads pay for the site.

Up to 50 at a time

Drop a pile of pictures in together. More than one result arrives as a single zip.

Why convert HEIC to WebP?

Someone converting HEIC for the web has a real dilemma. JPG opens everywhere but roughly doubles the file. PNG multiplies it. WebP is the one target that keeps the photo small and is still read by every browser released in the past several years.

The gap matters most on a page with a lot of photos. Converting a gallery of iPhone shots to JPG can double the weight of the page, and page weight is the thing that decides whether a phone visitor waits or leaves.

What changes in the file

  • File size stays in the same neighbourhood as the original, unlike JPG. A HEIC and a WebP of the same photo are usually within a third of each other.
  • WebP can hold transparency, which JPG cannot. Camera photos have none, but HEIC images exported from an app sometimes do, and here it survives.
  • Very old software will not open it. Internet Explorer never did, and some desktop image viewers still do not. If the file has to be opened by an unknown person on an unknown machine, JPG remains the safer target.

How to convert

  1. Check that WebP is the selected format above. It is picked for you on this page.
  2. Drop your HEIC photos into the box, or click it to browse.
  3. Download the result. It never left your device.

Frequently asked questions

Is WebP smaller than JPG for the same photo?

For most photographs, yes, usually by a quarter to a third at a comparable quality. The gain is largest on images with flat areas and smooth gradients.

Which browsers can display WebP?

Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari and every current mobile browser. Safari was the last to add it, in 2020, so anything from the past few years is fine.

Should I use AVIF instead?

AVIF is smaller again and is the closer technical relative of HEIC, since both are built on modern video codecs. It is also newer, so support in tools outside the browser is thinner. WebP is the safer default; AVIF is the better one if you control where the file is used.

Other conversions

  • HEIC to JPG The iPhone photo that Windows refuses to open.
  • HEIC to PNG For when the next tool in the chain insists on PNG.
  • PNG to WebP Smaller than PNG, and transparency still survives.
  • JPG to WebP Roughly a third off a photo, with no visible change.

Or open the image converter to pick any combination, and the image compressor when the problem is size rather than format.