The biggest editors continue their efforts to make their applications
compatible with the new architecture of Macs powered by the M1 chip.
VLC is joining the game and Microsoft Edge is approaching it in beta.
VLC: more optimized streaming
Because it is free and compatible
with dozens of audio and video formats, VLC media player is arguably the
most popular in its class. And here it is natively available on the
latest Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro.
Until now, the
application has worked thanks to the Rosetta 2 emulator responsible for
translating x86 instructions to ARM on the fly. However, in addition to
better overall performance, native support also helps ensure better
battery life. And for playing high-quality videos on a laptop, the point
is not negligible.
This update in version 3.0.12 also brings
some improvements for the macOS Big Sur system, including some fixes on
the audio as well as on the automatic adjustment of the streaming
resolution.
read also: Apple no longer allows unofficial installation of iOS apps on ARM Macs
Safari will not have had exclusivity for very long
In
mid-December, we reported that Microsoft had released Office on ARM
Macs. At the same time, the publisher of Redmond published its Edge
browser on the Canary distribution channel, which is at the most
experimental stage.
This edition of Edge has seen daily updates,
it was then posted on the Dev channel on January 7th. Less than two
weeks later, here it is now available in beta from Windows Insiders.
Like
VLC, Edge should therefore take full advantage of the M1 chip and
provide better battery life. And this is not the only browser to invite
itself on the new platform.
At the end of last year, Google also
released Chrome. Concretely, it is therefore the source code of Chromium
itself which is optimized for this new generation of Mac. Moreover,
Brave was also made available in Canary version at the end of December.
For
its part, Mozilla has deployed experimental versions of Firefox. It
must be said that in April 2019, the foundation had published a beta to
work natively on Windows 10 ARM64.
Source : Windows Central, 9to5Mac
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