Google is launching a native version of Chrome for Apple’s Arm Macs on Wednesday

The new MacBook Air with the M1 chip
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Google plans to release a version of Chrome that will run natively on Apple’s new Macs with Arm-based processors on Wednesday, according to Mark Chang, a Chrome product manager. Google actually began rolling the new version out Tuesday, but paused the rollout because that version may have crashed unexpectedly.

In theory, a native version of the notoriously resource-hungry browser might run more efficiently on Apple’s Arm-based computers. In our reviews of the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini equipped with the new M1 chip, though, we found that the version of Chrome built for Intel chips already runs well on Apple’s new Macs, so hopefully this native version runs even better.

When the update is available, you be able to pick which…

Continue reading…

via The Verge – All Posts

Check out the Finding Your Identity Podcast!