toolready. JPG to WebP Converter

JPG to WebP Converter

Re-encode JPGs as WebP for faster pages.

    What this does

    Re-encodes JPG photos as WebP, the format Google introduced in 2010 to get web images smaller than JPEG could manage. At matching visual quality a WebP usually comes out 25 to 35 percent lighter than its JPG source — bytes saved on every page view. Conversion happens in your browser, 20 files at a time, and your photos are never uploaded.

    Is it worth converting JPGs I already have?

    If they are served on a website, generally yes; if they sit in a folder and get emailed occasionally, no. Images dominate the transfer size of most pages, and WebP's newer codec squeezes the same perceived quality out of fewer bits, so hero images, galleries and product photos benefit most. Two caveats. First, you are compressing a second time — the output cannot look better than the JPG it came from, only smaller. Second, if you still have the original PNG or RAW export, encode WebP from that with PNG to WebP rather than from the JPG, so you are not preserving JPEG artefacts in a new container.

    How do I convert JPG to WebP?

    1. Drop .jpg or .jpeg files onto the box above (up to 20, 50 MB each).
    2. Set the quality slider, which runs from 10 to 100 and defaults to 92.
    3. Click Convert to WebP. Each row gets a Download button showing the new size; the file is saved as the original name with a .webp extension.

    What quality should I use to get a real size saving?

    • 80–85 — the sensible web setting; typically 30 percent or more below the source JPG with no visible change.
    • 92 (default) — near-transparent quality for images where fidelity matters more than bytes; the saving is smaller.
    • 60–75 — thumbnails, previews and lazy-loaded background images where minor softness is acceptable.

    Setting the slider higher than the JPG's own quality just makes a larger file that faithfully stores the JPG's flaws.

    Which browsers and apps can open WebP?

    All current browsers — Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari (since version 14 in 2020) — display it natively, so a plain <img> tag is enough for a public site. If you must support very old WebViews, the <picture> element can offer the original JPG as a fallback. Off the web, WebP is less welcome: Outlook, older Office releases, some photo editors and most upload forms still prefer JPG, which is why the reverse tool, WebP to JPG, exists. On the encoding side, if a browser has no WebP encoder the canvas falls back to PNG data under a .webp name; Chrome, Edge and Firefox all have one.

    Does the WebP keep my photo's EXIF data?

    No. The WebP is written from a canvas, so the camera model, date, lens and GPS position stored in the JPG are not copied over; the output is pixels only, at 8 bits per channel, capped at 8192 pixels per side. For a public website that is usually what you want. To read the metadata before it goes, use the EXIF viewer. Any other format pair is covered by the parent image converter.