HEIC (High-Efficiency Image Container) is a popular image format used primarily on Apple devices like iPhones and iPads. It provides excellent image quality while keeping file sizes small, making it ...

HEIC is the file format name Apple has chosen for the new HEIF standard. HEIF stands for High Efficiency Image Format, and, as the name suggests, is a more streamlined way of storing image files.

What the heck is HEIC? It's a whiz at compressing iPhone photos, but it brings some complications. New tools can help. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

If you are an iPhone user and have tried to save or edit photos you've taken off your mobile device, chances are high that you've run into some difficulty doing so. By default, any iPhone running on ...

To store more photos and videos on a mobile device, you can either buy more storage or increase image compression. Apple has enabled both paths. It expanded maximum storage so that a 256 GB iPhone isn ...

A photo format called HEIC means images take half the storage space as with JPEG. But you'll need a smartphone processor that can handle it. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...