Open HEIC pictures in Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1

Microsoft brought support for HEIC only with version 1803 (April 2018 Update for Windows 10), which was released in April 2018. In fact, Windand earlier versions did not support HEIC image format. Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 do not support HEIC image format out of the box as the HEIC did not exist back then. But how do you open those HEIC pictures on a Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 PC, as the format is not supported? While iPhone 7 and later versions can automatically convert HEIC to JPG while transferring them to your PC, you might want to keep the original picture format to save disk space on your PC as well.

If you own a 32 GB or 64 GB model iPhone, it makes sense to enable and use the HEIC image format on your iPhone. If not, HEIC is a relatively new image format that takes about 40% lesser space than the popular JPG image format without compromising on the picture quality.īecause HEIC takes about half the space of JPG, Apple started using this lesser-known image format in their iPhones and made the image format popular overnight.Īpple iPhone devices running iOS 11 or later have the option to save captured pictures in HEIC instead of JPG to save space. RECOMMENDED: Download PC Repair tool to quickly find and fix Windows errors automaticallyīy now, you likely know about the HEIC image format.

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