Squoosh.app was launched at the 2018 Chrome Developer Summit by Google's Chrome team to showcase modern web application techniques. It utilizes Web Assembly, workers, web components, and TypeScript for efficient image compression. The app is open source, hosted on Netlify, leveraging its custom header control and simple redirects API. Squoosh has received positive reviews from developers and users alike, with notable coverage in prominent tech publications such as The Verge and Engadget.