Does the animation speed stay the same?
Yes. Each frame keeps its own display time from the WebP. GIF stores timing in hundredths of a second, so very short frames are rounded to at least 20 ms, which is also the fastest most browsers play a GIF.
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WebP to GIF Converter
Turn animated or still WebP files into GIFs. Free, no sign-up, and your image never leaves your device.
Converting WebP to GIF re-encodes an image from Google’s modern WebP format into GIF, the 1987 format that every app, forum and email client still plays. This converter reads each frame of an animated WebP together with its display time and writes them into a looping GIF, so the animation plays the same way — just in a format that works everywhere.
How to convert WebP to GIF
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Choose the WebP file
Animated and still WebP files both work. The file is processed on your device.
- 2
Pick a width
Keep the original size, or shrink to 800 or 480 px wide — GIF files grow quickly, and smaller ones load faster in chats.
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Keep or drop transparency
Keep it for stickers and cut-out animations; choose a white background if the GIF will sit on a white page.
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Download the GIF
The frame count is shown under the preview so you can confirm the animation came through.
Why GIFs are bigger than the WebP
Expect the GIF to be several times the size of the WebP. GIF compresses every frame without loss but can only store 256 colors per frame, while WebP uses modern compression with full color. The converter picks the best 256 colors for each frame separately, which keeps gradients and skin tones far smoother than a single shared palette — but smooth photographic animations still produce large files.
If the result is too big for where you want to post it, choose a smaller width: halving the width cuts the file to roughly a quarter.
Transparency in GIF
WebP supports soft, partially transparent edges; GIF only knows fully transparent or fully solid pixels. When you keep transparency, semi-transparent edges are rounded to one or the other, which can leave a slightly jagged outline on dark backgrounds. If you know the background the GIF will sit on, choosing a solid background gives cleaner edges.
Browser support for animated WebP
Reading the individual frames uses the browser’s ImageDecoder interface, available in Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Safari can display animated WebP but does not let pages read the frames one by one yet, so there the converter makes a GIF from the first frame and tells you so. For the full animation, use one of the other browsers.
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Questions
Will the GIF loop?
Yes, it is written to loop forever, which is what chat apps and forums expect.
Is my file uploaded?
No. Decoding and GIF encoding both happen in your browser. Long animations can take a few seconds on a phone — the frame counter shows the progress.
Can I convert GIF to WebP?
Not with this tool yet. It only goes from WebP to GIF.
Updated October 3, 2026 · Written by the Imagelier team