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PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years — new spec supports HDR and animation
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Animated PNG has been trying to be an extension to the PNG spec for 20+ years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG
Yep, it was one of the ways to have an animated avatar on BB forums.
Most recently, I have seen them being used in animated chat stickers (like on Signal).
Right there's actually like a select few applications that support it which is cool, but so many get confused when they see an apng file with frames.
Probably still more supported than Webp and Webm