To recall, the new release being talked about here is v87.0 of Chrome that started rolling out yesterday on all platforms. However, the release of Chrome browser’s new build optimized for Macs with M1 chip is expected to resume later today.

Separately, Google Chrome product manager Mark Chang tweeted that the team was aware of the issue and has stopped the rollout. If you already have the M1 build, we have a workaround - Mark Chang November 18, 2020 We hit a bit of a snag with our rollout of the M1-native build of Chrome, so to keep our users in a good place, we paused that rollout and will pick it up again tomorrow. However, it was mentioned that the issue will only affect Mac users who installed that optimized version on day 1, suggesting that an updated version with a fix will be rolled out soon. On the official support forum, Google suggested some workarounds such as tweaking the Bluetooth settings for the app from the System Preferences section. However, the rollout was halted when some users started experiencing random crashes after downloading this M1 chip-optimized version of Chrome. When users head to the Chrome browser download page, they were offered an option to choose between two versions depending on their machine – Mac with Intel chip or Mac with Apple chip. If you want to use Chrome on new Macs with Apple M1 chips, head to and download the Apple Silicon version we released in M87 today! /11uDaIYUR4- Elvin 🏳️‍🌈 November 17, 2020Īs per a tweet by Google Chrome designer and developer Elvin, the company released the optimized version yesterday itself. Well, Google has a solution – an optimized version of Chrome tailored for Macs with the M1 chip at their heart. However, as pointed by many in the first wave of reviews, Chrome continues to hog system resources even on the new Macs. After all, when a fanless MacBook Air easily outperforms an iMac with a top-of-the-line Intel processor that costs over thrice as much, you better believe the hype.

Apple’s new Macs with the in-house M1 silicon has left folks impressed with their blazing fast performance.

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