Google Chrome is coming to Arm-powered Linux devices later this year

Why ARM+Linux now? In a blog postGoogle only says that it “addresses the growing demand for a browsing experience that combines the benefits of the open source Chromium project with Google’s ecosystem of apps and features.” What we’re left wondering is whether Google is talking about it existing The request, or the request has not yet come.

There is definitely a growing demand for Linux. some edge Editors I started to Trench Windows with To varying degrees Of success. But these are our x86 desktops — there aren’t a lot of consumer-facing Linux devices on Arm chips, unless you count all the Linux-based Android phones out there. You can buy Linux on laptops from Dell, Lenovo, Framework and the like, but again, they use x86 chips. (And if you’re not a consumer, there is Indeed chrome.)

But three of the companies that already make Arm processors — Qualcomm, Nvidia, and Mediatek — may look to Linux as they try to compete with Windows/Intel/AMD incumbents. Qualcomm told me last January that it was seeing “a lot of interest in other operating systems” outside of Windows for Arm’s PC chips. Nvidia can reveal Its N1 and N1X processors are for Arm laptops As soon as next week at the GTC 2026 Developers Conference.

While Nvidia’s laptops may be advertised with Windows, it wouldn’t be surprising if they target Linux as well, once the basics like Chrome are sorted. Google’s blog post specifically points to Nvidia’s DGX Spark as a target for Chrome — those tiny desktop computers with artificial intelligence that are worth more than $4,000. Sold by a wide range of company partners,Also run Linux on Arm. Google says it’s putting Chrome in Nvidia’s package manager to make installation easier; Everyone will have to go to chrome.com/download when the browser hits Q2.