// mime type · image type
image/webp
WebP image · .webp
What image/webp is
image/webp offers both lossy and lossless compression, plus transparency and animation, at smaller sizes than JPEG or PNG — a strong modern default with wide browser support.
How it's used
You'll see this as a Content-Type value on requests and responses — for example Content-Type: image/webp. It's the type associated with the .webp file extension. Image types tell the browser how to decode and render a picture.