A big disadvantage of Windows computers with Arm64 processors like Microsoft’s own Surface Pro 9 5G there has been a lack of native support for the world’s most popular browser, Chrome. Now, Google has finally published one Chrome Canary A beta version that fully supports the Arm64 architecture, Windows Center reported.
The new version should significantly speed up Chrome performance on Arm64 computers, negating the need to run Chrome in emulation mode. The download can be installed by a single user on computers running the latest versions of Windows 11 for Arm processors confirm it runs on the seven-year-old Snapdragon 835 SoC.
Chrome has been available for some time on Arm64, Google’s Chromium, and even on Linux for Arm64, along with iOS and Mac. Additionally, Microsoft’s Edge browser (based on Chrome) has been running natively on Arm64 for years. So why the delay for Windows on Arm64? Maybe there is not so much Arm64 is relatively expensive compared to Windows PCs and existing PCs, especially Chromebooks.
As Qualcomm prepares to release the Snapdragon X Elite chip, the successor to the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, Google may think it’s a good time to introduce this feature. Based on TSMC’s latest 4-nanometer technology, it promises twice the performance. it has one-third the power of some 13th-generation Intel Core i7 CPUs, allowing it to better compete with Apple’s latest M-series silicon.
If Windows laptops using the chip can finally deliver performance, this unfortunately it wasn’t in the models so far, we can finally see them arriving in decent numbers. The Snapdragon Elite X models are expected to launch in mid-2024, so hopefully Google will be ready with a stable version of Chrome. If you have an Arm64 computer, you can download the Canary version here.
