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HEIC to AVIF Converter

Convert HEIC images to AVIF right in your browser — nothing is uploaded. HEIC and AVIF are close relatives, but browsers and websites accept AVIF while most cannot show HEIC.

By Aditya Kr Sharma Files stay on your device

  • Free
  • Instant
  • No sign-up

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Supports: HEICHEIF

Lower quality means a smaller file and more visible compression. 92% is a good default; below about 70% the difference starts to show on photographs.

Nothing is uploaded. This tool runs entirely in your browser, so the file never leaves your device. There is no server to send it to, no copy kept anywhere, and it keeps working if you lose your connection after the page has loaded.

Accepts .heic .heif You get: A .avif file Free, no sign-up

How to convert

  1. Add your files Drag them in, choose files, or use the camera.
  2. Check the settings The defaults suit most files.
  3. Download Save one file, or all of them as a ZIP.

How to convert HEIC to AVIF

  1. Drop your HEIC files on the box above, or click it to choose them (up to 30 at once).
  2. Check the settings — the quality slider trades file size against detail.
  3. Press Convert. Each file is processed on your device and shows its old and new size.
  4. Download the files one by one or take them all as a ZIP.

What changes when you convert HEIC to AVIF

  • The image is decoded and compressed again as AVIF at the quality you choose. A small loss of detail is part of lossy compression; at the default 92% it is very hard to see.
  • Transparency is kept.
  • Camera details and GPS location (EXIF) are not copied into the new file. Photo orientation is applied to the pixels first, so the result is the right way up.

About HEIC and AVIF files

HEIC is the format iPhones save photos in by default. It is roughly half the size of an equivalent JPEG, but Windows, Android and most websites cannot open it without extra software.

AVIF is a newer web format built on the AV1 video codec. It compresses even better than WebP, but many editors, phones’ gallery apps and upload forms still cannot open it. It is a good choice for the smallest web images, where every visitor’s browser is current.

Limits

Up to 30 files of 25 MB each per batch and images up to 50 megapixels — beyond that browsers run out of memory, so the tool says so instead of producing a broken file. HEIC decoding uses libheif in the background and can take a few seconds per photo on a phone. AVIF is encoded by the open-source libavif/libaom encoder compiled to WebAssembly: about 2.6 MB is downloaded from this site the first time you convert (then cached), encoding takes a few seconds per photo, and images over 16 megapixels are refused — resize them first. The quality percentage is this site’s scale mapped to AVIF’s quantiser. Files that are not images, or are damaged, are rejected with the reason.

Frequently asked questions

Are my images uploaded anywhere?

No. The conversion runs in your browser on your own device (the HEIC decoder, about 2 MB, is downloaded from this site the first time you convert), and this page has no upload endpoint. Once the page has loaded it keeps working offline.

Is HEIC to AVIF lossless?

No — AVIF output is re-compressed, so a little detail is lost. Choose a higher quality to keep more of it.

Will an AVIF file open everywhere?

Current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari (16.4 and later) show AVIF, and so do recent Android and iOS. Many photo editors, older Windows apps, upload forms and messaging apps still cannot open it — keep the original if you need to share it there.

What happens to transparency?

It is kept.

How many files can I convert at once?

Up to 30 files of 25 MB each per batch, and images up to 50 megapixels. Convert them together and download each one, or take them all as a ZIP.

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