News [Phoronix] JPEG-XL Image Support Returns To Latest Chrome / Chromium Code

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To the frustration of many developers and end-users, back in 2022 Google deprecated JPEG-XL support in Chrome/Chromium and proceeded to remove the support. That decision was widely slammed and ultimately Google said they may end up reconsidering it. In November there was renewed activity and interest in restoring JPEG-XL within Google's image web browser and as of yesterday the code was merged...

Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/JPEG-XL-Returns-Chrome-Chromium

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