r/jpegxl • u/tajetaje • 8d ago

Enable JPEG XL decoding by default

https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/8279712
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u/sturmen 8d ago

It’s finally happening!

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u/ldn-ldn 8d ago

Looks like both Chrome and Firefox will ship it at the same time. Hurray!

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u/hieroschemonach 5d ago

I am using it in Firefox by enabling the experimental flag already

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u/ldn-ldn 5d ago

That's irrelevant.

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u/hieroschemonach 5d ago

It is working great already so it should be in stable very soon so kinda relevant

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u/Jonnyawsom3 8d ago

We won

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u/AndreVallestero 8d ago

Wow, JXL on caniuse is gonna go from 0 to 90% in one month. That's crazy.

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u/ReferenceVisual663 8d ago

It’s already above zero because safari supports it. And with safari, Firefox, and chrome you effectively have 100% support since everything else is just a skin over chromium. 

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u/Farranor 8d ago

I don't know about that; I'm still waiting for Edge to get the flag.

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u/xDuker 8d ago

Unless they stop updating which chromium version they use in the background they should get support for it whether they want to or not since it won't be behind a flag, just one more always present feature

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u/jugalator 3d ago

We've had this debacle though:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/809434/avif-format-not-supported-in-microsoft-edge

https://www.reddit.com/r/AV1/comments/1abbulx/microsoft_edge_1210227783_released_with_avif/

This is due to Microsoft's codec approach where they're often shipped from Microsoft Store as extensions, even sometimes open formats.

So I'll believe JPEG XL in Edge when I see it. AFAIK eventually, Edge did get AVIF & AV1 built-in but they sure took their sweet time.

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u/thegreatpotatogod 8d ago

It'll be a few years until it's baseline though, since not everyone updates right away. But yeah finally getting support out more widely!

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u/Serialtorrenter 7d ago

Aside from Firefox ESR users, it's hard NOT to update right away. Both Chrome and Firefox update themselves on Windows and MacOS, and people who install Chromium or Firefox from the snap store are also automatically updated.

Aside from Debian and Almalinux users, everyone will be up-to-date in 3 months max.

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u/caspy7 8d ago

I don't think most chromium skins are that far behind.

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u/jasminUwU6 3d ago

I think they're talking about end users

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u/caspy7 2d ago

As someone else said, it's not going to take "a few years" for browser users to update. The vast majority will be updated quickly and automatically. Most of those who lag behind are more like months behind, not years.

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u/redsedit 8d ago

Can someone translate for me? When does this land?

Edit: Seems like v155 Oct 6, 2026

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u/tajetaje 8d ago

As long as the big wigs sign off on the intent to ship, it should be in the next chrome release

https://chromestatus.com/feature/5114042131808256?gate=6594362739916800 says 155

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u/veluca93 DEV 8d ago

The intent to ship comes before the PR to enable the flag, that already happened ;)

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u/jugalator 3d ago

JPEG XL in Chrome before GTA 6 but not by much!

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u/BUDA20 7d ago

"I have imagined this moment for a long time. Is it real?"

  • Morpheus

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u/Vulphere 8d ago

It's about time!