WebP

Google announced a security issue in Chrome titled "Heap buffer overflow in WebP in Google Chrome." At first it seemed like just another bug, but has implications that extended well beyond Chrome.

Willi Geiger and Kornel Lesiński

We're adding support for the new AVIF image format. It compresses images significantly better than older-generation formats such as WebP and JPEG.

Kornel Lesiński

Cloudflare has an automatic image optimization feature called Polish, available for paid plan users. It recompresses images and stripping excess data, speeding up delivery to browsers.

David Wragg