Windows 10 has also added High Efficiency Image File Format support
If you want to view photos in the .heic format on your Windows PC, you need to install additional tools. Now that this problem can be solved, Microsoft has added HEIF support to the latest version of the Windows 10 Insider version.
Taking pictures is one of the most important things in daily life. In order to provide a better experience, Apple switched to HEIF format as the main format of photos in iOS 11 last year, and Google has recently adopted a new generation of Android P. The native version of the HEIF format was added to the developer preview system. Although the mobile platform is fast, if you want to view photos with the suffix .heic format on your desktop Windows PC, you need to install additional tools. Now this problem is finally solved. Can be solved, Microsoft has added HEIF support in the latest version of the Windows 10 Insider.
In the two preview versions of Windows 10 released by Microsoft (build 17123 in RS4 branch and build 17623 in RS5 branch), the HEIF format photo support has been added to the self-owned photo album. The two preview systems in Windows 10 are also Just to support the viewing of HEIF photos, it is not yet directly editable, and still requires the use of other specialized tools or plug-ins, which of course is at least the beginning.
HEIF stands for High-Efficiency Image File Format. This new format has a higher compression rate. While maintaining quality, it takes up less space than JPEG and PNG formats. This is very large for everyone’s growing number of photos. The help and HEIF format also support some new photo features, such as depth information, dynamic photos, HDR, etc., which are already quite common on mobile phones.
The final version of Windows 10 for the RS4 branch is Spring Creator Update, which will be officially launched to mass users in April. The RS5 branch system is an update of Windows 10 in the second half of this year. It is worth noting that this new version of the test has improved the connection to the Thinkpad 3 external graphics dock, in addition, to support for new format photos. Now it is safer. Remove such accessories.
