A native version of Google Chrome for ARM on Windows is now available in the “Canary” web browser test channels.

ARM chips along with AI technologies and Windows 11 recoverywere the key points we picked as the big news for the new PCs of 2024. Microsoft’s alliance with Qualcomm is expected to convince (this time) consumers and manufacturing partners that Windows can run on the ARM architecture and thus become an alternative to x86, which the sector has dominated for three decades.

Apple is a great example of the viability of ARM in PCs and how to successfully transition between hardware architectures. Microsoft has been trying to do this for more than a decade (since the Surface RT), and it seems the moment has come with the new Windows and next-generation Snapdragon X Series chips.

Google is also preparing for a potential launch of the architecture. Although an open source version of Chromium was available for ARM years ago and Microsoft Edge actually has a native version for ARM, We still didn’t have a native version of Chrome for Windows ARM systemsbecause Chrome for new Macs exists. A rarity given that Google’s development leads the browser segment by a wide margin and a confirmation of the incompetence that Windows on ARM has shown so far.

Google released a new version without prior notice ‘win_arm64’ from your browser. It is a native version for ARM and Windows computers. It is currently only available in the ‘Canary’ test channel, but can be used now and is expected to be available in the stable channel starting with Chrome version 123, which is scheduled for release on March 19.

It is clear that all of them major software providers will support ARM with Windows The development teams are certainly actively working on it. Hopefully, after previous fiascos, the platform will prove its viability. The key, as we’ve said on other occasions, is in the software. On the one hand, third-party providers with native versions like the one in question, and on the other hand, Microsoft has to produce Windows at the level of what we use with x86 processors from Intel or AMD, and they have to find the key to translate instructions from x86 to ARM in the existing applications. One of the big keys to the success of this platform. Or a new failure…