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Mo Harber-Lamond

NordVPN launches Arm-native app for Snapdragon PCs

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip logo on a laptop.

The move from Intel to Arm processors has been relatively smooth for most software, but applications that require access to low-level processes have had a tougher time. This is why, even now, a pretty small number of the best VPN services offer Arm-native apps – but NordVPN has now become one of the few that does.

NordVPN's new Windows VPN app runs on x64 Arm architecture, making it fully native and non-reliant on emulation. This is due to the improved security of native applications, and futureproofing for further performance gains Arm may offer in the years to come.

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