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I currently have an issue with the "High Efficiency" (HEIC) images that are taken on my iPhone X. It seems that when I upload my HEIC image via the browser, the HEIC image is converted to a JPG and the EXIF data is lost. I tested this on mobile Chrome, Safari, and FF by sending an image to myself using Gmail. However, when sending that same HEIC image through the Gmail mobile app, the EXIF data was retained and was still converted to a JPG. I wasn't able to find much information on this except for speculation and was wondering if someone could clarify this behavior and possibly the "why". I'm only aware of two different workarounds: Using the mobile application of the platform I'm interested in. Changing the camera image format to "Most Compatible"