Google Chrome has exciting news as they have begun testing a native version for Windows on Arm. This is great news as it brings the world’s most popular browser to one of the world’s niche operating systems, which is expected to gain more importance in 2024. Image: PCWorld
Twitter/X user Pedro Justo confirmed that Google is offering Windows on Arm builds as part of its nightly Canary Channel, the latest Chrome beta. This follows reports that have confirmed the browser runs natively on Windows on Arm machines. This is a significant development, considering that Microsoft Edge, built upon Chromium, currently runs natively on Arm PCs. Google’s release of Chrome as a nightly Canary build probably means a release within the stable version of Chrome in a couple of months.
That would put Chrome support on roughly the same timetable as the development and release of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite, the platform upon which Windows on Arm hopes ride. The Snapdragon X Elite platform from last fall holds significant promise and eliminating any performance penalty via emulation will make the Snapdragon X Elite experience that much more competitive, once it arrives. Author: Mark Hachman, Senior Editor
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