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ChromeRefugee
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May 20, 2019
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ETA for ARM / Snapdragon support of Edge Chromium

Not sure if this has been asked before, but is there an ETA for an ARM compatible build of Edgium? The 32bit version works in emulation mode, but ARM native would be much faster and more power effici...
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ChromeRefugee
Iron Contributor
Oct 23, 2019

Well, at least the dev team knows about ARM CPUs, because the latest update mentions "Fixed an issue where protected video like on Netflix doesn’t work on ARM devices." That still probably refers to the emulated x86 version though. Baby steps. 

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    Elliot Kirk
    Silver Contributor
    Oct 23, 2019

    Hi ChromeRefugee, I am jumping straight to the end to respond.  We are working on a native ARM64 version of Microsoft Edge.  You can read about it here: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/04/08/microsoft-edge-preview-channel-details/#d4RSZSQO3yPS3Bv6.97.  While we don't have anything to announce now, please be sure that we are still working diligently on bringing our new browser to ARM64 devices as soon as possible.  Thanks - Elliot

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      ChromeRefugee
      Iron Contributor
      Oct 23, 2019

      Elliot Kirk Thanks for responding. I hope we'll see a beta before the end of the year. Fingers crossed!

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        Charbax
        Copper Contributor
        Nov 05, 2019

        ChromeRefugeeI found these by Google searching but they're old Dev or Canary from June:

        https://twitter.com/ADeltaXForce/status/1138919995545661440

        https://twitter.com/ADeltaXForce/status/1139601188993810435

         

        testing out on my Snapdragon 850 laptop and I do see the 64bit under About Edge, so it's definitely ARM64, but they're old, unfinished, I wish the Microsoft guys had opened up an official Beta ARM64 channel by now that the Surface X has come out.

         

        Does this mean thus far we can only use this dodgy old leaked Beta or Firefox for native ARM64 browsing?

         

        Also the recent rumors on Chrome of ARM64 being ready but Google perhaps holding it up until Q1 next year for one reason or the other.

         

        I hope Microsoft can integrate with ones Google account, I want to sync all my passwords, bookmarks and etc everything over regardless if I use Microsoft Edge Chromium or the actual Chrome browser whenever Google makes that available.

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