Microsoft Edge 121, which is currently available in Beta and scheduled for the Stable Channel in January 2024, will finally catch up with Chrome, Safari, and Firefox in terms of AVIF image support.

AVIF (AV1 Image File, derived from the AV1 video codec) files are relatively new compared to more well-known types such as GIFs, JPEGs, or PNGs, but support for them has been steadily growing.

The acronym of AVIF stands for AV1 Image File Format. As its name hints, AVIF is based on AV1, which is a video codec that was developed in 2015, following a collaboration between Google, Cisco ...

Mozilla also said that besides WebP, Firefox would get support next year for AVIF, an even better image format based on the AV1 open-source video compression format developed by Google, Cisco ...

Learn about the new .AVIF or AV1 image file format. Enable it in Chrome, Edge & Firefox. It speeds up loading of website as it is small in size.