OneDrive for iOS now uploads photos in HEIF instead of JPEG

OneDrive for iOS has a new update that helps keep file sizes downwardly and maintains paradigm quality (via MSPU). The update brings OneDrive for iOS to version 11.eight.vii. It allows the app to upload images in the HEIC format.

HEIC is the default file format for Apple tree devices. OneDrive uploading images in this format preserves their original quality and as well keeps file sizes smaller. Before this update, images uploaded from iOS devices were uploaded as JPEGs.

The OneDrive App Store listing fully outlines the changes.

High Efficiency Image photos (Apple'due south default image format) will now be uploaded in their original .heic format. This will preserve original image quality and keep files sizes nice and light - saving users infinite in OneDrive. This update will affect users on iOS eleven or to a higher place using an iPhone 7 or newer.

To use this new characteristic, you need to use a device that'south running iOS 11 or later on, and that is an iPhone 7 or newer.

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