Yes, but unlike WebP it wasn't exclusively designed and developed by Google. That's a big difference.
AV1 wasn't also exclusively designed and developed by Google.
Chrome's team should be blamed for favoring AVIF over JPEG-XL, not Google entirely.
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AV1 wasn't also exclusively designed and developed by Google.
Chrome's team should be blamed for favoring AVIF over JPEG-XL, not Google entirely.