Adobe will launch more native applications for Windows PCs running Arm chips

In the initial stages, all Copilot+ PC branded products are equipped with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite or Snapdragon X Plus processor, of course based on the Arm architecture design.

While these laptops can all run applications that were originally designed to run on x86 chips through Microsoft's Prism emulator, there are still some applications that have been ported to work natively with the Arm64 chip. on Windows 11. Today, a new report says that some popular Adobe applications will soon be available using the native version of the Arm64 Windows platform in the near future.

Technology site Windows Central said it attended a short meeting organized by Microsoft to promote the new Surface Pro 11 laptop-tablet hybrid running the Snapdragon X Elite chip. During the event, Vice President of Windows Marketing Aaron Woodman, announced that two popular Adobe applications, Illustrator and InDesign, will launch native Arm application versions for Windows in July.

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In addition, two other famous Adobe applications, Premiere Pro and After Effects, will also have native Arm versions for Windows, but are expected to not be released until the end of 2024. Obviously, these native applications when running on Copilot+ PC laptops with Snapdragon X chip will have much better performance than using the x86 version through the Prism emulator.

Microsoft previously established a division called the Arm Advisory Board, where the company's team of engineers could help application developers map new Arm applications to Windows from the ground up, or port existing x86 applications. have them to the Arm platform. In March, Google launched a version of its Chrome browser for Arm on Windows. Several other browser platforms have done the same, including Vivaldi and Opera.

Lesley Montoya

Update 24 June 2024