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…gain user traction faster than HEIF. In less than one year from introduction, about a half billion iOS 11 users† are using it as their default photo format. N
by jws 8y ago
…gain user traction faster than HEIF.
In less than one year from introduction, about a half billion iOS 11 users† are using it as their default photo format. Not bad for traction.
Of course it wasn't their decision, it just sort of happened.
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† I must confess I made up this number. >80% of iOS users are using iOS 11, last year there were 700M iPhones, there are some iPads too, and some Macs, though not all iOS hardware can do HEIF. Let's just say I'm probably within a factor two.
- askvictor 8y agoAnd every time my technically-challenged colleagues want to get photos from their iPhone onto a computer or web service, they can't do it, and don't know why their iPhone's camera is broken and why they feel so stupid with all of this technology.
- voltagex_ 8y agoApple could easily transcode back to JPEG on demand.
- X-Istence 8y agoIt does...
- mort96 8y agoRead the "Sharing this media" section of https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207022 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207022.
- Razengan 8y agoConversion to JPEG for destinations that don’t support HEIF is automatic unless opted-out, like this screenshot I just took and uploaded from my iPhone: https://i.imgur.com/SUeHuIO.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SUeHuIO.jpg
- askvictor 8y agoThe case in question is of a person who plugs his iPhone into a PC, where it appears like a camera (PTP mode?); they transfer as HEIF.