No word on the official release just yet though

Apr 16, 2019 06:51 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft’s migration from EdgeHTML to Chromium for Microsoft Edge browser opens the door to a whole new series of opportunities for Windows 10.

As part of Google becoming a bigger supporter of Windows 10 as a whole, Chromium is soon expected to arrive on the Windows 10 ARM platform as well.

And while Microsoft and Google are currently working on this project, a skilled developer recently managed to get Chromium up and running on Windows 10 ARM. Today, an unofficial build of this browser can finally be downloaded and installed by users for testing purposes.

Keep in mind that this isn’t an official release, so you should think twice before trying it out on your device. I recommend you to do it in a secure environment, just in case you’re afraid something could go wrong.

ARM-based Microsoft Surface

As for the official port of Chromium for Windows 10 ARM, Microsoft said not a long time ago that it was working with Google on making the whole thing happen. And when this project gets the green light, pretty much all browsers powered by Chromium should be able to run on Windows 10 ARM, not just Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

“We’ve been collaborating with Google engineers to enable Chromium to run natively on Windows on ARM devices starting with Chromium 73. With these contributions, Chromium-based browsers will soon be able to ship native implementations for ARM-based Windows 10 PCs, significantly improving their performance and battery life,” Microsoft said.

Mozilla has recently released a Firefox version for Windows 10 ARM too. The browser is still in beta development stage, but as it turns out, ARM-based Windows 10 devices are slowly gaining ground and receiving more attention from developers worldwide. Microsoft is also exploring its very own ARM Microsoft Surface model to support the project from a hardware perspective.