The Apple corporation will once again force the army of fans to abandon something customary to feel even more special. This time we will talk about a new format of photos.

Apple will present a series of updates in its product line on September 12, including a new technology for high-performance photo format (HEIF). It allows you to reduce the size of photos while maintaining the quality.

The innovation will appear in the new version of the operating system iOS 11, writes Express. All photos taken by iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus after upgrading the device to iOS 11 will receive an extension. heif.

It is not yet clear what the consequences of this innovation will be, since there are as yet few ways to view these photos on other devices. Fans of iPhones will be able to feel special.

Because, for example, on Google Play you can find only one (!) Program that promises to convert the supernova format and enjoy the images that the lucky owner of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. It is called - HEIF, as of September 5, it downloaded a few hundred users, and the rating slightly exceeded the dvoechku (on a five-point scale).

Yes, and in the camp of "Yabloko" with a new format will be difficult.

It does not open on previous versions of iOS and on all versions of macOS, not including submitted this year.

So, Apple once again - as in the case of the failure of DVD-drives in the MacBook or a standard 3.5-mm audio jack in smartphones - is patience with the army of its fans.

But for them the bonus is obvious: in a new format they will be able to store on their iPhones about twice as many photos. Experts note that HEIF can reduce the file size by about half without loss of image quality.