Google Chrome coming to Linux arm64

[craigevil]

Bringing Chrome to ARM64 Linux Devices

We’re excited to announce that Google will launch Chrome for ARM64 Linux devices in Q2 2026, following the successful expansion of Chrome t...

blog.chromium.org

 

[Condobloke]

ARM64 and x64 are two different CPU architectures. ARM64 is designed for efficiency and is commonly used in mobile devices, while x64 is known for its performance and is typically found in desktop and server computers.

List of products using ARM processors - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://nanoreview.net/en/laptop-list/arm ....List of laptops with arm64

 

[craigevil]

arm64 here. People that use Raspberry Pi devices for a desktop will be happy. Personally I will stick with Firefox.

OS: Raspberry Pi OS 13.4 (trixie) aarch64
Host: Raspberry Pi 500 Rev 1.0
Kernel: aarch64 Linux 6.18.15-v8-16k+
CPU: ARM Cortex-A76 @ 4x 2.4GHz
GPU: V3D 7.1.10.2

 

[MikeWalsh]

It's all good, so far as I'm concerned. The more there is in the way of choice, the better for everyone.

Don't forget that this will apply to the open-source 'parent', Chromium, as well.

Mike.

 

[craigevil]

Chromium already has an arm64 version and with the api-keys it even let's you sign in to Google and Sync.

chromium:
Installed: 146.0.7680.71-1~deb13u1
Candidate: 146.0.7680.71-1~deb13u1