Subj : Popular VPN provider arrives on Snapdragon PCs
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Aug 06 2024 15:15:05

Popular VPN provider arrives on Snapdragon PCs

Date:
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 14:12:37 +0000

Description:
While ARM support on Windows VPN is still largely lacking, Private Internet 
Access (PIA) joins the few providers offering an app for next-generation 
Windows devices.

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If you're looking to upgrade to a next-generation Windows laptop, good news  
there's no need to compromise on privacy. 

One of the best VPN services has unveiled an ARM-native Windows VPN app. This 
is crucial in order to use your VPN software on devices powered by the 
super-fast Snapdragon X Elite chip. 

 Private Internet Access (PIA) is now one of very few providers offering an 
ARM-native app for Windows, while more services are expected to join the list 
in the coming weeks. PIA's ARM support "up to parity" 

"We have been working hard to bring all of PIAs functionality across to this 
new hardware, and are thrilled that our users can again enjoy the full power 
of the PIA platform," said Himmat Bains, Head of Product at PIA. 

Windows users have long awaited this moment  Applefirst revealed its 
ARM-based M1 processor back in 2020, in fact  seeing as Snapdragon PCs came 
with serious limitations in VPN compatibility. This is why, months after the 
launch, most VPN apps still aren't ready. 

This is mainly because this type of operating system doesn't allow emulation. 
Put simply, VPN providers must rebuild their software natively from scratch 
for ARM. 

Besides lamenting delays in drivercertificatesigning from Microsoft, Bains 
told me that code framework dependencies were the biggest technical hurdle to 
overcome. "Before getting to this point, a number of interdependent factors 
needed attention," he added. PIA VPN for ARM (beta) release from 
r/PrivateInternetAccess 

It's worth noting that PIA already offers ARM-native VPN applications for 
Linux and macOS devices. "This Windows ARM launch brings our Windows platform 
up to parity," Bains told me. 

Miguel Galindo, Senior Software Engineer at PIA, also explained that more 
work will be needed to streamline PIA functionality as new ARM applications 
are released. Nonetheless, "these new ARM laptops present an exciting 
opportunity to bring competition back into personal computing," he said. 

PIA is now the last big name in the industry offering Windows ARM users a way 
to protect themselves when browsing the web. 

 Windscribe and Surfshark also have ARM-native Windows VPN apps, at the time 
of writing, with the likes of NordVPN , ExpressVPN , and ProtonVPN currently 
working on their version.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/vpn/popular-vpn-provider-arrives-on-snapdragon-p
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