While Microsoft continues to work on a better version of Windows 11 on ARM, some manufacturers also seem to be adapting to the operating system. One of these companies is Google.
Its Chrome browser will probably also appear as a Windows-on-ARM version in the future. To be more precise, the browser is specifically adapted to the ARM64 architecture. The Twitter user has this Pedro Justo found out.
He discovered the new ARM64 version in the Canary build of Google Chrome. A sample image from the magazine The Verge shows version 123.0.6266.0 with the addition Arm64 in Chrome’s system settings.
For users this means: There will be a larger selection of native browsers. This is certainly a positive thing with regard to the future of Windows 11 on ARM. It is likely that Microsoft and hardware manufacturers will announce more devices with Qualcomm chips in 2024.
Native version is noticeably faster
So far, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox are the only major browsers that run natively on ARM systems with Windows OS. The market share of Google Chrome on Windows 11 is very high, at least on x86 systems. An ARM version of Chrome already exists. For example, it can be used on Chromebooks and other ChromeOS devices.
A native Chrome version for Windows 11 could noticeably improve the software’s performance and response time. Finally, Windows does not need to run the program in a separate sandbox in x86 mode. This also saves resources such as memory and CPU time.
Overall, users shouldn’t get the feeling that they are only making compromises with the ARM system. This is often the case with existing Windows on ARM devices.