14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is one of the companies that have been working hard on adding support for Apple Silicon ever since the Cupertino-based tech giant announced the M1 chip last November.
And since then, Microsoft has already updates several products with native support for the M1 processor, and this week, it’s the turn of Visual Studio Code to get the same update.
Beginning with the latest version, Visual Studio Code can run natively on Apple Silicon, with Microsoft now offering several builds for Apple users.
Several builds for Apple users
In other words, you can either get the universal package, which obviously comes in a larger package, but also dedicated Intel and Apple Silicon packages, so users can get the one they want in a small version.
“We are happy to announce our first release of stable Apple Silicon builds this iteration. Users on Macs with M1 chips can now use VS Code without emulation with Rosetta, and will notice better performance and longer battery life when running VS Code. Thanks to the community for self-hosting with the Insiders build and reporting issues early in the iteration,” Microsoft announced.
“The default download of VS Code for macOS is now a Universal build that runs natively on all Macs. On the Downloads page, you can find more links to architecture-specific builds for Intel or Apple Silicon, which are smaller downloads compared to the Universal package.”
Apple is betting big on the M1 chip, and the company wants to expand its device lineup with more products that would run on its own custom ARM processor.
New iMacs powered by Apple Silicon are expected rather sooner than later, with the company also believed to be working on an upgraded M1 chip that could see the daylight in the last months of 2021.