Google Chrome for Windows RT – No, Not Yet!
Looking for download link for Chrome on Windows RT tablet? Sorry, Google is yet to announce Chrome for Windows RT.
Google Chrome for Windows RT – No, Not Yet!
I got to see a few video reviews of Windows RT tablet on Google Plus. (Anyone getting one?). I did some search to see if Chrome is available for Windows RT. But no, the Chrome download page for Windows 8 says “Not Yet Available on Windows RT”
Back in June, when they announced Chrome for Windows 8, the team did mention that Windows RT supported is not included.Chrome won’t run in WinRT, i.e. Windows 8 on ARM processors, they said.
Why is Chrome Not Supported on Windows RT?
Because Microsoft won’t let Google do so. The guys at Mozilla expressed their concerns too!. Users of Windows RT (ARM) also need choice of browsers!
For the past eight years, users and developers have enjoyed a Windows platform environment that offered users a choice of browsers to navigate their digital lives. It wasn’t always that way. Prior to the launch of Firefox in 2004, there was really only one browser for Windows – Internet Explorer. Only IE and Firefox had meaningful market share on the Windows platform from 2005-2009. The choices further increased with the introduction of Chrome, and today users can choose from a wide range of browsers. It’s hard to imagine what it used to be like. Unfortunately, the upcoming release of Windows for the ARM processor architecture and Microsoft’s browser practices regarding Windows 8 Metro signal an unwelcome return to the digital dark ages where users and developers didn’t have browser choices.
So, looks like Windows RT users will have to stick with Internet Explorer, at least for now. Things may change if Microsoft changes their policy, but I don’t see that happening, anytime soon.
Did you get a Windows RT tablet, or are you planning to get one? Let me know!!
10 Responses to “Google Chrome for Windows RT – No, Not Yet!”
I feel confortable with IE10 in my Asus Vivo Tab RT, its fast and super integrated in the OS.
I can leave without chrome or other browsers, anyway they CAN write their RT browser UI, using ie as the rendering core engine.
the problem is that what you are suggesting is the same basic thing that they did on the ios devices using safari as the core engine for firefox and chrome and they turned out worse than safari was to begin with.
Whoever wrote that snippet in your article must not have been around in the early years. Netscape took up a pretty huge share of the Windows browser market back in the day. Then it was Mozilla and then Firefox.
IE 9 sucks big time for most users. But IE 10 has been a very pleasant surprise. I use Chrome on my Win7 dekstop instead of IE 9 but I wouldn’t bother changing out IE 10 if it continues to work well on Win8. Hell I may even switch back on Win7 if IE 10 works as well.
I very like Windows 8 and its new UI but I will never order Windows RT unless I can be able to install Chrome browser.
I smell another lawsuit coming from the EU. Hopefully The US will get in on it this time. This is unacceptable. FYI I own a Surface. I just want my Google back!
Oh by the way, why is there no alternative browser in ChromeOS?
Why should Microsoft open Windows RT if Google is unable to do the same with their own OS?
Because the operating system is a browser. There is no IE for other operating systems anyhow. Furthermore, why would you want anything else? Personally I have the Acer Chromebook which I installed Ubuntu on.
Well… the lil RT tablet I was so enthralled with is going back! No chrome, no tablet – period.
I hve rt! it’s good but ipad is better, it’s epic for ms, wait with intel proc real pc on tablet!! but now cut os rt has little free apps support.
sorry, I missed – Surface RT