Mozilla is releasing an ARM version of its Firefox browser for Windows 10 nowadays. While Microsoft and Google have been operating together on Chromium browsers for Windows on ARM, Mozilla has been developing its own ARM64-local construct of Firefox for Snapdragon-powered Windows laptops. We got an early look at this model of Firefox over the last 12 months, and it seemed to fare well on an ARM computer with a dozen tabs open.
This new construct of Firefox is to be had these days as a part of Mozilla’s beta channel for the browser for anyone with an ARM-powered Windows 10 computer to test. That won’t be quite a few human beings right now, but Mozilla has been working on its Firefox Quantum era to optimize Firefox for the octa-middle CPUs to be had from Qualcomm. This should mean the overall performance is solid while preserving all the everyday internet compatibility you’d count on from Firefox.
ARM VERSIONS OF CHROMIUM ARE ON THE WAY SOON
Chromium ARM64 builds seem enormously close, too. Recently, a developer successfully constructed and ran a version of Chromium on an ARM-powered computer, demonstrating that it should also perform well on those devices. However, ‘it’s no longer clear whether Google or Microsoft will release ARM versions of their Chromium browsers. Microsoft is currently checking out its new Chromium-powered Edge browser with builders before a launch throughout Windows, Mac, and ARM-powered variations of Windows 10.
