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Beginner's Guide to Astro

What is WebP?

A modern image format that makes files much smaller than JPEG or PNG.

When you use Astro's Image component, it converts your pictures to WebP automatically. In our test, a 62 kB PNG became a 5 kB WebP with no visible difference.

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Try "blog", "deploy" or "EmDash".