Google will finally release Chrome for ARM64 Linux devices

After years of waiting, Google have finally decided to give ARM64 Linux devices the ability to natively install the Chrome browser. Good news for those of you just sticking with Chrome / Chromium.

This was confirmed yesterday (March 12th) in the official Chromium blog post. Why now though? It's been available for Arm-powered macOS devices since 2020 and Arm-powered Windows devices since 2024. Google confirmed it's due to - surprise, AI!

In the blog post they talked about the NVIDIA DGX Spark, and this work is the result of bringing Chrome to it. It will be available to normal Linux users though, at the standard Chrome download page as they'll offer up the ARM64 for all Linux fans.

Ending the blog post Google engineers said "This launch marks a major milestone in our commitment to the Linux community and the Arm ecosystem. We look forward to seeing how developers and power-users leverage Chrome on this next generation of high-performance devices".

For a lot of people their favourite browser can be quite the blocker. So seeing more software directly officially available for Linux + Arm is a great thing.

When then? Google didn't give a clear date, just sometime in Q2 2026.