OS support includes Windows 10 v1083, Android 10+, Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, Fedora 36. Lots of cameras and smartphones support it as well.
There's nothing Apple-specific about it. Apple went through the process of licensing H.265, so they got HEIC 'for free' and use it as the default image format because over JPEG it supports: HDR, >8-bit colour, etc.
†Like WebP was similar to an image/frame from a VP8 video.
HEIC was developed by the MPEG folks and is an ISO standard, ISO/IEC 23008-12:2022:
* https://www.iso.org/standard/83650.html
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_For...
An HEIC image is generally a still frame from ITU-T H.265† (HEVC):
* https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/heif-avc-h-264-h-265-heic-and-...
OS support includes Windows 10 v1083, Android 10+, Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, Fedora 36. Lots of cameras and smartphones support it as well.
There's nothing Apple-specific about it. Apple went through the process of licensing H.265, so they got HEIC 'for free' and use it as the default image format because over JPEG it supports: HDR, >8-bit colour, etc.
†Like WebP was similar to an image/frame from a VP8 video.