Chrome is awesome because it is so widely available across basically every platform you can imagine. While this doesn’t affect a ton of users just yet, it won’t be long before lots of M1 Macs are out in the wild and if you are Google, you don’t want to be left out of that conversation. Not only are users getting some of the core Chrome updates that are speeding things up for all users, they are also getting a version of the browser that is built and coded specifically for the ARM silicon inside the brand new Mac. Whether you are updating or installing it fresh, Chrome for M1 Macbooks should improve performance a great deal.

There was a little hiccup, but the new version of Chrome is available nowand some users are seeing an automatic update for Chrome on M1 Macs that will simply install and transition over to the right version for your Mac. What you need to know about this entire development is the fact that Apple is now 100% in charge of the internals in all their devices and the move didn’t come with very many drawbacks at all from a performance standpoint. I’ve got a post coming together about why this whole move is such a big deal for the laptop industry as a whole – including Chromebooks – but I’ll hold back for now. Other than that hiccup, however, Apple’s jump to ARM-based chips in their new Macs is a big move that is already impressing even people like me who aren’t really Apple fans. Sure, I had to point out the failings of the mobile apps Apple flaunted at their launch event for these machines, but that was really just to make myself feel a bit better about the fact that Android apps on Chromebooks are still hit-or-miss when it comes to real world use. Just yesterday, we put out a post highlighting the fact that Apple has victoriously delivered on its claims and promises with the new Macbook Air, Macbook Pro and Mac Mini that all contain the new Apple-made M1 silicon inside.

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