Opening HEIF files and HEVC Videos on Windows 10

Very impressed with Apple being the first to adopt HEIF and HEVC on iOS 11. Only problem is, no other platform seems to support it as of now.

Even though HEVC is supported on Windows 10 out of the box, the videos don't actually plan in any app on Windows 10.

HEIF is not supported at all.

Does anyone know of any apps or programs that would let me play HEIF and iOS 11 HEVC videos on Windows? Or maybe a codec pack?

Note: I do not want to convert these images and videos while exporting to Windows; want to keep them in their native formats.

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Hi Ronit,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. HEVC and HEIF files are only supported by Apple devices. As of now, there are no apps or programs that run on Windows 10 that can support HEVC codecs and HEIF files but we encourage you to submit your issue using the Feedback Hub. You can either vote on an existing submission or submit a new issue. When you submit a feedback item we gather additional details and information about your issue that will help determine what’s causing it and address it. Feedback items regularly receive Microsoft responses on the submissions in the Feedback app so you can see what we are doing about your feedback. Please revisit frequently to see the status of your feedback items.

For more information on Feedback Hub, see our support article and YouTube video

If this is your first time to send feedback to Microsoft, below are the steps on how to submit one:

  1. On a Windows 10 device, search for “Feedback Hub” in Cortana search, then launch the app.
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Patricia,

Thank you. I found some existing entries in Feedback hub regarding this issue and upvoted them.

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Zoner Photo Studio X will be first Windows photo software to bring HEIF support:

ZPS with HEIF

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Thanks. Good to see developers adopting the format.

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Given the number of iOS 11 users, I think MS should strongly consider supporting these file formats. 

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Hey guys, this is my online tool help to convert ios 11 photo in format heic to jpg. Feel free to let me know if you have any comments or feedback, thank you!
http://freetoolonline.com/heic-to-jpg.html

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That’s cool and certainly very useful. However, I belive most iPhone users would rather have Microsoft support tne new formats as they are, in general, superior to the old ones.

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I don't think you really need to CONVERT HEIF-images since macOS and IOS automatically does that when these images are exported  outside of their native OS. They convert HEIF to JPG then. What's really interesting is to see how fast the HEIF-format can gain general native support on Windows OS and world leading graphic software such as Photoshop and Lightroom. 

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Yeah HAHansFernström, In the while we are waiting for native support on windows or some leading graphic software we still need to convert heic to jpg for Windows user :)

Thanks for interesting in my tool! ^^

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