Google Chrome has been a first-class web browser on Linux for years, but there has been a problem over the years: no Chrome builds for Raspberry Pi boards and other ARM hardware. That’s finally changing.
Google has announced that Chrome for ARM64 Linux will be available in the second quarter of 2026, so sometime between April and June. This comes after ARM-native Chrome arrived on macOS in 2020, around when the first M1-powered Mac computers hit store shelves, and the ARM Windows version showing up in 2024.
Builds of the open-source Chromium browser have been available for ARM Linux for years. However, Chromium isn’t exactly the same as regular Chrome—you usually can’t synchronize it with a Google account, DRM playback is limited, and there are other assorted issues. Now that official builds of Chrome will be available, the browser can work exactly like it does on Windows, macOS, x86 Linux, and Chromebooks.
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Google said in its announcement, “Launching Chrome for ARM64 Linux devices allows more users to enjoy the seamless integration of Google’s most helpful services into their browser. This move addresses the growing demand for a browsing experience that combines the benefits of the open-source Chromium project with the Google ecosystem of apps and features.”
It’s a bit silly that it took this long for a native ARM version. The first Chromebook with an ARM processor arrived in 2012, and ChromeOS is a (heavily) modified version of desktop Linux. Chromium builds have also been working on ARM Linux for a long time, so Google only needed to add the rest of the proprietary bits and pieces. More than a decade later, that’s finally checked off the checklist.
This means that Raspberry Pi boards, Pinebook laptops, Mac computers with Asahi Linux, and other 64-bit ARM hardware will finally have a complete Chrome browser experience. If you’re not a fan of Chrome, Mozilla Firefox is still a great experience on ARM Linux.
You’ll be able to download Chrome for ARM Linux from the main Chrome download page. It might also show up in third-party software repositories.
Source: Chromium Blog
