Google unkills JPEG XL?

JPEG XL is making a comeback after Chromium reversed its 2022 decision to remove support for the image format. Despite strong industry backing from Meta, Intel, Adobe, and others, Google initially killed the format citing lack of ecosystem interest. Recent developments including Safari support, Firefox's interest in a Rust decoder, and PDF Association's adoption plans have prompted Chromium to reconsider. JPEG XL offers superior features over competitors like AVIF and WebP, including lossless JPEG recompression with 30% size reduction, HDR support, massive image dimensions up to 1 billion pixels, progressive decoding, and exceptional resilience to generation loss. With Chrome's dominant market position, JPEG XL is positioned to become the de facto standard for web images.