Google Chrome is now (sort of) available for systems that use ARM processors and run Linux. This includes popular devices like the Raspberry Pi as well as some newer laptops. Until now, people on such computers had to use the basic open-source version (Chromium), but the full version of Google Chrome finally works now, though it’s still a bit “hacky.”

Google first announced plans for this in a March 2026 blog post titled “Bringing Chrome to ARM64 Linux devices.” At the time, the company mentioned that the browser would arrive in Q2, 2026.

As of late July, official packages for Chrome have quietly appeared for download, as spotted by the folks at OMG Ubuntu.

This full version of Chrome includes some features that the open-source version (vanilla Chromium) doesn’t. Users can sign in with a Google account and have their bookmarks, passwords, and settings synced across devices.

These features are applicable to Raspberry Pi boards, Snapdragon-based Linux laptops, and other ARM-64 laptops.

It also supports the Widevine DRM for video streaming services such as Netflix without complicated extra steps. While video quality remains limited on Linux, the experience is still better than before. For Linux, some services (such as Netflix) are restricted to 720p or 1080p instead of 4K, which is one downside for now.

Early checks on a Raspberry Pi 5 system running Ubuntu show that the browser installs easily and runs well for daily browsing. While higher resolutions (such as 4K) on sites like YouTube may still struggle, that’s mostly because of the hardware’s power and not the browser itself.

So, here’s the catch: Google’s official website doesn’t offer a direct download link at the moment. You’ll have to change the final part of the existing download link from “amd64” to arm64.” Just visit this link and download the file as you normally would. Future updates should automatically install via system updates. Google might make it visible on the main download page soon.

Note: Since Google hasn’t officially announced that the full version of Chrome is available for direct download, and they haven’t even updated their support pages with this information, we can consider it a “beta” version that’s not fully refined for daily use yet. It might be buggy.

In other Chrome news, users can now directly report a website as unsafe through the “Help” menu. More on that here.

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