Google is bringing its biggest app to more ARM laptops

It’s hard to fathom just how big Chrome is. When Google first introduced it (almost 20 years ago), the browser wars were in full swing, and Chrome had its work cut out for it. But now in 2026 it’s solid dominant browser on every platform – and honestly, for good reason. Even with many solid alternative browsers it’s worth a try, we keep coming back to Chrome – and now we’re getting it faster than ever. new releases every two weeks. Today, Google is sharing the latest chapter of its Chrome expansion as the company prepares releases for a new class of computers.

Smartphones as we know them wouldn’t exist with power-efficient RISC chips, and the ARM architecture quickly emerged as the leading standard. Today, 64-bit ARM chips don’t just power our phones. A wave ARM-based laptops offers buyers some enticing new options and availability Windows on ARM it meant many familiar software support.

Google already brought Chrome to Windows in 2024 and today on ARM Google shares that it’s about to do the same for all you power users running Linux on your ARM64 laptops. Starting next quarter, you’ll be able to access new releases of Chrome built for ARM64 Linux.

You can expect the same full-featured Chrome you’re already familiar with from other platforms, including extension support, easy Google Pay integration, and Google Password Manager.

Existing Linux users probably already have a non-Chrome browser they’re completely comfortable with, but especially if you’re using Chrome on other machines, just being able to save your bookmarks and all the syncing might be reason enough to check it out.

While we’re guessing most people running Linux on ARM64 hardware are doing so on something like a new Snapdragon-powered laptop, there’s even desktop support, and Google’s partnered with NVIDIA to make Chrome easy to install. DGX Spark personal AI desktop computer. One for $4,700 little out of our price range – but consider your browser’s performance!