Starting with iOS 11, iPhones have saved pictures in HEIC file type by standard. HEIC — High Efficiency Image Container — is technically impressive: it produces pictures with roughly half the storage of similar JPEGs maintaining high photo quality.
Yet there is a major problem. HEIC is an Apple-proprietary format that is not universally accepted away from the Apple environment. Windows computers, Android devices and most online services cannot display HEIC images without special programs.
Transforming HEIC to JPG is the necessary step making iPhone pictures compatible everywhere. Common scenarios needing conversion are sending iPhone photos to non-Apple users, adding images here to websites incompatible with HEIC.
People with Macs have the easiest process. Open the HEIC photo in Preview, select File, then Export and select JPEG as the output format.
For Windows users, browser-based tools manage HEIC to JPG converting with no setup. Add the HEIC photo and save the finished JPG.
Visit alljpgconverters.com for a totally free browser-based HEIC to JPG tool with no account necessary.