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Chrome 155 adds JPEG XL image format support
Google is implementing native support for decoding the JPEG XL image format in Chrome, beginning with version 155. The decoder was rebuilt in Rust, named jxl-rs, to ensure memory safety and includes SIMD optimizations. This version has undergone extensive fuzzing and AI-driven security reviews. The adoption of JPEG XL follows consistent developer requests and its prominence in the Interop Project.
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