Adobe Lightroom now supports Apple M1 Chip and Windows 10 on ARM

The ARM-based chips have been creating a lot of buzz due to their efficiency and low power usage. The recently launched Apple M1 chip powered laptops are very efficient yet powerful but lack native support of popular third-party apps. Now, Adobe, which has a suite of products, has made Lightroom available for Apple M1 chip as well as ARM-powered Windows 10 natively.

However, only the modern version of Lightroom supports ARM. Lightroom Classic does not yet run natively on ARM, although it supports the M1 chip. The Rosetta 2 software by Apple can translate native apps made for x86 based chipsets. It can run all the present apps in emulation, although a bit slower and in a less responsive way. But Windows does not have a program for the M1. So, users on Windows 10 for ARM only have the option if the app developer makes the app natively for them. Here, Apple has the upper hand, as more and more third-party developers are working hard to get their apps on the App Store for the rewarding new Apple ecosystem.

Many apps native to the M1 chip like Photoshop are already in beta. As per the industry experts, Apple would not require two years to transit to ARM-based architecture completely. As per the architecture design, ARM is more efficient than Intel’s X86 based chipsets. Native ARM support is the best solution, potentially offering better performance and/or battery efficiency.