Google will finally release Chrome for ARM64 Linux devices

By Liam Dawe - 13 Mar 2026 at 3:43 pm UTC

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.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Apps, ARM, Google, Misc

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Linux_Rocks a day ago

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Cool, now finally release a FreeBSD version Google. lol

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mr-victory 12 hours ago

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Cool. Now release for ARM64 with 16K page size for asahi linux.

Chrome had an arm (32? 64?) linux build for a long time, for chromebooks with arm chips

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Nora Bell _They-She_ 7 hours ago

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While I'm not the type to use straight up chrome, it's nice to see development to Chromium for ARM64 devices. I'd like to see (thanks to this) apps like Grayjay being ported over to ARM64 as well. I'd like to see an un-Googled build too, though I suspect that is still some time away.

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g000h 5 hours ago

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I avoid 'Chrome' as a browser because it is made by a Big Tech corporation whose entire business model is built around stealing and exploiting the data of its users. Chrome now has Manifest Version 2 support removed, and so it can't run a fully-effective Tracker Blocker (like uBlock Origin, Ghostery, and others). Google has things in place inside their browser to collect telemetry beyond that which is exposed by website traffic.

I suppose the 'good news' here is that properly degoogled Chromium ports like 'Ungoogled Chromium' and 'Brave' browser will be available to use for browsing, which I find to be acceptable choices (for me to use). Wouldn't even install Chrome on my system. [Google gets to collect app download data, IP address, etc - If you have Chrome installed.]

Typically, I run Firefox, Librewolf, Floorp, Tor browser, Mullvad browser, and other Firefox-based browsers where Manifest Version 2 still works and I can use a proper Tracker Blocker. Where Firefox has some minor flaws in its default configuration, those flaws can easily be remedied.

Avoiding Google helps to defund Google, stops them having a detailed profile on you, and reduces the enormous amount of control they impose upon society. If only there were more decent Linux mobile apps to fight against the duopoly that is Android and iOS. [I already run Ubuntu Touch, SailfishOS, Droidian, PostmarketOS, Meego, Maemo on my mobiles.]

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mr-victory 5 hours ago

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Quoting: Nora Bell _They-She_While I'm not the type to use straight up chrome, it's nice to see development to Chromium for ARM64 devices. I'd like to see (thanks to this) apps like Grayjay being ported over to ARM64 as well. I'd like to see an un-Googled build too, though I suspect that is still some time away.

Chromium had arm64 linux support for a long while afaik, it has been used on Raspberry Pi, Asahi Linux etc. Chrome is new.

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Pyretic 2 hours ago

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Quoting: Nora Bell _They-She_I'd like to see an un-Googled build too, though I suspect that is still some time away.

Good news! Ungoogled Chromium is a thing!

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