View HEIC files on your browser
iPhones save photos as HEIC. Open one here on Windows, Android or any computer, right on your browser. Your photo never leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your file opens at actual size, or shrunk to fit your screen, with its details along the top.
- Actual size, or shrunk to fit
- Drag to pan • Pinch or scroll to zoom
- Fullscreen
- Export • Save as PNG or JPEG
About HEIC
HEIC is the photo format iPhones and iPads use by default since iOS 11 in 2017. It stores pictures with HEVC, the compression behind H.265 video, so a photo takes about half the space of a JPEG that looks the same.
The catch is support. Safari shows HEIC since version 17, but Chrome, Edge and Firefox can't, and Windows only opens it after you add extensions from the Microsoft Store. Filepeek decodes HEIC itself, inside your browser, so it opens everywhere.
A HEIC file can hold 10 bit color, transparency, depth maps and more than one image. Filepeek shows the main picture with its EXIF: the camera, the lens, the settings and where it was taken.
High Efficiency Image Container
.heic • .heics
Format
- MIME type
- image/heic
- Made by
- MPEG
- Released
- 2015
Inside the file
- Compression
- HEVC, usually lossy
- Bit depth
- 8 or 10 bit
- Transparency
- Yes
- HDR
- Yes
- Animation
- Image sequences as .heics, shown as their first image
Opens in every browser
Safari 17 and later show HEIC by themselves. In Chrome, Edge, Firefox and older Safari, Filepeek's own decoder opens it.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariShows it natively since version 17
Questions
Is my photo uploaded?
No. Filepeek opens the file inside your browser. The photo is never sent to a server.
Why won't HEIC open on my PC?
Windows needs the HEIF and HEVC extensions from the Microsoft Store to show HEIC, and Chrome, Edge and Firefox can't show it at all. Filepeek brings its own decoder, so there's nothing to install.
Can I save it as something else?
Yes. Open the photo, choose Export, then Save as JPEG or Save as PNG. Both are full size and open everywhere.
Does it show where the photo was taken?
If the photo has a location, Show EXIF lists it with a link to the map, along with the camera, the lens and the settings.