Neowin News Feed for: Arm64

Ubuntu brings stable Arm64 Steam Snap to Linux users for improved hardware gaming

Paul Hill — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:30:02 +0000

Gaming on Arm-based Linux systems just got a major boost. Canonical's new stable Steam Snap opens up PC gaming across a range of Qualcomm and Nvidia hardware. Read more...

Valve's Proton 11.0 beta arrives to turn your Steam Deck into a 90s gaming powerhouse

Paul Hill — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:22:01 +0000

Valve is reviving gaming history with its latest Proton beta, bringing a wave of iconic Capcom and Konami hits to Linux. Discover why this update is a massive win for handheld gamers. Read more...

Unofficial Windows Task Scheduler gets updated with new features

Usama Jawad — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:34:01 +0000

Tired of the ancient Task Scheduler UI? This Fluent-style remake just got a big update with ARM support and smarter task organization. Read more...

Google is finally bringing Chrome to ARM64 Linux devices

Ivan Jenic — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:42:02 +0000

If you're an ARM64 Linux user, you'll finally be able to run the official version of Google Chrome on your machine soon. Read more...

Microsoft will release a new low-latency audio driver for Windows on Arm in 2026

Usama Jawad — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:08:02 +0000

Microsoft has detailed plans to release a new, low-latency audio driver with ASIO support for Windows on Arm devices next year. Read more...

Here are all the new features in SQL Server Management Studio 22 Preview 3, now available

Usama Jawad — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the release of SQL Server Management Studio Preview 3, which brings many features, including "initial" support for ARM64. Read more...

Snapdragon could take away Intel and AMD market shares for both Windows and Linux

Sayan Sen — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:12:01 +0000

The recently announced Qualcomm Snapdragon X signifies that we will soon have Windows laptops that will be powered by something other than AMD or Intel. The soon could be happening on Linux too. Read more...

Tiny11 core for ARM64 is out with improved performance and reduced disk footprint

Taras Buria — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 10:18:01 +0000

Tiny11 core for ARM64 is now available for download. This stripped-off Windows 11 mod offers improved performance, significantly reduced disk footprint, and other quirks for experimentation. Read more...

Microsoft removes arm32 UWP app support from Windows 11

Taras Buria — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:48:01 +0000

The recently released Windows 11 build 25905 contains an important change for those using Windows PCs with ARM processors: the OS no longer supports arm32 UWP applications. Here is what that means. Read more...

Arm announce new mobile CPUs and GPUs for Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, other next-gen chips

Tushar Mehta — Mon, 29 May 2023 10:56:01 +0000

Arm has announced the latest CPU and GPU reference designs, including the flagship Cortex-X4, mid-tier Cortex-A720, and Cortex-A520 efficiency cores with new Immortalis-G720 and Mali-G720, G620 GPUs. Read more...

Microsoft improving Windows on Arm support for Visual Studio with MAUI, LLVM, Node, Unity

Sayan Sen — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:00:16 +0000

At its Build 2023 event today, Microsoft is sharing details on the progress and headway it has made in terms of Arm64 support on Windows. A bunch of applications are getting native Arm support. Read more...

After Intel and AMD, Microsoft brings WSL2 custom kernel support to Arm

Sayan Sen — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:24:01 +0000

Microsoft released the latest version of WSL earlier today. This new release is bringing custom kernel support to WSL for ARM64 devices, a feature which previously worked only on Intel and AMD. Read more...

Tiny11 brings debloated Windows 11 to ARM64 devices

Taras Buria — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:20:02 +0000

NTDEV, the developer responsible for creating debloated and lightweight Windows for less powerful computers, has brought its latest project, Tiny11, to devices with ARM processors. Read more...

Windows App SDK 1.2 is now live, here is what's new

Usama Jawad — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:28:01 +0000

Microsoft has released version 1.2 of the Windows App SDK with a bunch of new features including support for third-party Widgets in Windows 11, updated media playback controls, and lots more. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Ads in the Windows 11 Start menu, Visual Studio, and Microsoft 365

Usama Jawad — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 21:34:01 +0000

In the latest edition of Microsoft Weekly, we discuss the testing of ads (useful tips?) in Windows 11, updates for developers and Windows power users, and some information about Microsoft 365. Read more...

Visual Studio 2022 17.4 for Windows x64, Mac, and Arm64 is now available, .NET 7 in tow too

Usama Jawad — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 02:20:01 +0000

Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 is now live. It is the first release of the IDE to have native support for Arm64, and it also packs the latest version of .NET. A preview for version 17.5 is ready too. Read more...

The first native ARM64 version of Visual Studio is now available on Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 22:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 17.3 Preview 2. This is a major release because it is the first version of the IDE to pack native support for ARM64 hardware, but only on Windows 11 for now. Read more...

Windows 11 Insiders: Notepad gets native ARM support while Media Player gets better sorting

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:50:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out several improvements for those running the revamped Notepad app or the Media Player app on Insider channels of Windows 11. Some improvements are not available to all Insiders. Read more...

Windows Package Manager 1.2 now live with improved ARM64 support

Usama Jawad — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 03:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has released Windows Package Manager version 1.2. The utility, commonly referred to as "winget", now features improved support for ARM64 devices and better error handling. Read more...

Windows 11 build 22518 brings some Context Menu and Widget changes, breaks update on ARM64

Sayan Sen — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 19:50:28 +0000

New Windows 11 Dev channel build brings Widgets changes, some Context Menu changes, and many more fixes and improvements. The build also breaks the update rollout process on Windows 11 ARM64 PCs. Read more...

Microsoft fixes in-place upgrade incompatibility for Windows 10 on Arm64 machines

Sayan Sen — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new update KB5005932 that adds a compatibility fix for Arm64 devices. After installing this update, Arm64 users should be able to manually perform in-place upgrades. Read more...

The first preview of .NET 6 is now live: Here's what you need to know

Usama Jawad — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:04:01 +0000

Microsoft has released .NET 6 Preview 1. It comes with a bunch of features including support for Apple Silicon, Blazor, Mult-platform App UI toolkit, a better CLI, and performance enhancements. Read more...

Windows on ARM PCs can now run x64 apps on the Insider Program

Rich Woods — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:00:41 +0000

With today's Windows Insider Preview build in the Dev channel, Windows on ARM users can now run emulated x64 apps, opening the door to a much wider range to app compatibility, such as Adobe CC. Read more...

Google pulls Apple Silicon-optimized Chrome after crash reports, to re-release it today

Abhay V — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:52:01 +0000

Chrome 87 began rolling out yesterday, bringing a version of the browser with native support for ARM-based Macs. However, the version was pulled due to bugs and is being re-released today. Read more...

WinUI 3 Preview 3 is out with ARM64 support

Rich Woods — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:06:01 +0000

Today, Microsoft released the third preview of WinUI 3, the latest iteration of its attempts to merge Win32 and UWP through common UI elements. It now includes ARM64 support and more. Read more...

Microsoft releases .NET 5.0 with improved ARM64 performance and a lot more

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has released the latest stable version of .NET, bringing it to version 5.0. The latest release brings about tons of improvements and lays the groundwork to unify the .NET platform. Read more...

Native Teams app for Windows on ARM devices now available

Abhay V — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:56:01 +0000

Microsoft announced via a LinkedIn post that the native ARM64 version of the Teams app for Windows on ARM is now officially available for download, bringing performance improvements. Read more...

Microsoft announces the Surface Pro X in new colors and with SQ2 processor

Rich Woods — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:00:01 +0000

Today, Microsoft is announcing some new configurations of the Surface Pro X. It now comes in a Platinum color, has a new custom processor, and you also not get different colored keyboards. Read more...

It's official: x64 emulation is coming to Windows on ARM

Rich Woods — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:03:43 +0000

Microsoft today made the long-awaited announcement that you'll be able to run AMD64 apps in emulation on Windows on ARM. It's coming to all generations of the platform, back to the Snapdragon 835. Read more...

Qualcomm and Microsoft announce App Assure coming to Windows on ARM

Rich Woods — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:00:01 +0000

As Panos Panay teased at IFA, App Assure is coming to Windows on ARM. The program is designed to assure app compatibility, so businesses can buy into Windows on ARM with confidence. Read more...

Benchmarks are in for Apple's ARM64 macOS development kit, and they smoke the Surface Pro X

Rich Woods — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:02:01 +0000

Apple's new ARM64 macOS development kits are reaching some hands, and developers using it are already starting to benchmark it. The scores don't beat an Intel Mac, but this isn't production hardware. Read more...

Apple announces that its Macs will start using its own custom ARM processors

Rich Woods — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 18:35:30 +0000

Today at WWDC, Apple announced what's been rumored for so long, which is that it's going to start building Mac PCs with the custom ARM processors that it's been using in iPhones and iPads. Read more...

Windows 10 build 19624 is now available as an ARM64 VHDX

Rich Woods — Thu, 21 May 2020 17:36:01 +0000

As the firm said it was going to do, Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 19624 as an ARM64 VHDX, allowing users to run it in Hyper-V on their Windows on ARM PC. Read more...

Microsoft might release a Windows 10 VHDX for Hyper-V on ARM64 PCs

Rich Woods — Wed, 20 May 2020 20:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has been testing out Hyper-V on ARM64 PCs for a while now, but unfortunately, users haven't been able to create a Windows 10 VM due tot he lack of media. That might be changing. Read more...

References to Windows 10 on ARM emulation support for 64-bit Intel apps spotted on GitHub

Abhay V — Mon, 18 May 2020 19:26:01 +0000

We exclusively reported last year that Microsoft is working on support for 64-bit Intel (x86) apps for Windows 10 on ARM. Now, a code commit on GitHub by Microsoft further confirms those efforts. Read more...

An unofficial version of Brave browser brings native ARM64 support

Abhay V — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:56:01 +0000

A build of the Brave browser compiled by a Windows Insider MVP supports ARM64 PCs natively. The efforts were acknowledged by the team, suggesting that it might make it to the official version. Read more...

Tweeten is now available for ARM64 devices like the Surface Pro X

Rich Woods — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:10:01 +0000

The latest app to run natively on ARM64 is Tweeten, a third-party Twitter client that's based on TweetDeck with some extra perks. It offers a "much cleaner and intuitive experience." Read more...

Microsoft's Edge browser now supports ARM64 in the stable channel

Rich Woods — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:00:01 +0000

Microsoft released Edge 80 to the stable channel today, finally bringing support for ARM64 devices like the Surface Pro X. It's the first major update to the browser since it was released. Read more...

Edge Beta is now available for ARM64 devices

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 23:09:40 +0000

Microsoft's Edge browser is still working towards official support for ARM64 devices, and now the Beta channel of the Insider program is offering builds specifically for PCs like the Surface Pro X. Read more...

Microsoft's Project xCloud will run on ARM Windows 10 PCs when it's released next year

Rich Woods — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:34:02 +0000

While Microsoft announced that its Project xCloud game streaming service is coming to Windows 10 next year, the company confirmed today that when it launches, it will indeed support ARM64 PCs. Read more...