Google Drive is coming to Windows on Arm later this year

Google has committed to releasing an Arm64 type of Google Drive connected Windows later this year, aft Microsoft and Qualcomm person been moving difficult to person app developers to larboard their applications complete to Windows connected Arm.

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon made nan announcement onstage astatine nan company’s IFA arena earlier today, wherever he besides revealed that some NordVPN and ExpressVPN will beryllium disposable connected Qualcomm’s Snapdragon laptops today.

VPN apps and Google Drive person been noticeably absent connected nan latest Copilot Plus PCs, because they needed to beryllium updated for Windows connected Arm. Google presently blocks Drive connected nan latest Qualcomm-powered devices, but it’s clear Qualcomm and Microsoft person managed to person nan hunt elephantine to put into making Drive a afloat app connected Arm64. Google besides antecedently created an Arm64 type of Chrome for Windows successful clip for nan Copilot Plus motorboat successful June.

It has been conscionable complete 2 months since nan latest Qualcomm-powered laptops launched, and Qualcomm is now launching a new 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip that’s designed to make Windows connected Arm laptops cheaper. The Asus Vivobook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 now commencement astatine conscionable $899 each arsenic a result, and Qualcomm besides antecedently said its laptops would dip as debased arsenic nan $700 mark in 2025.

Amon besides revealed that Qualcomm is “thinking about” nan opportunity for Snapdragon chips wrong desktop PCs. We’ve seen Qualcomm tease Snapdragon X Elite chips for desktop PCs before, but nan only instrumentality that comes adjacent to a desktop PC is Qualcomm’s eight-inch dev kit. Qualcomm is hosting a Snapdragon summit successful October, truthful possibly we’ll perceive much astir nan desktop plans then.