High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIC) is encoded by the High Efficiency Video Compression (HEVC) codec. It is commonly used by Apple for the HEIF image format. HEIC files contain image sequences and are ideal for live photos. One of the key advantages is that it saves storage space, allowing for the storage of twice as many pictures as JPEG files in the same amount of storage, thanks to its next-generation file compression technology.

.png (Portable Network Graphics) The .png format is a raster graphics file format that supports lossless data compression. PNG files are widely used on the internet due to their efficient compression and support for transparent backgrounds.