You can now open Settings > Personalization > Desktop Background, and choose any .webp image as the background.

Stop fighting with your PC just to set a wallpaper; Windows 11 is finally embracing WebP files natively.

Microsoft is also thought to be testing video backgrounds, but that's still missing from the latest preview build.

Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 Canary Build 28020.1495 (KB5074168) with bug fixes, .webp wallpaper support, and known File ...

There’s also a small but welcome personalization update. Windows 11 now supports .webp images as desktop backgrounds. You can ...