Slack Launches ARM64 Version in Beta

Slack has launched a native version of its desktop app for Windows on ARM today. The ARM64 version of Slack is currently in beta, and it’s available to download from the company’s website. It’s also coming soon to the Microsoft Store on Windows 11.

“We’re still busy adding features and making adjustments to the app,” the company said in the release notes for the new version released yeasterday. While the ARM64 version is currently in beta, it will be ready for the first wave of Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs coming next week on June 18.

🆕 Slack is Windows on Arm ready! 🥳
 
Available now in beta, the ARM64 version of @SlackHQ lets you maximize performance on Arm-based hardware.
 
This creates the opportunity for new AI experiences running efficiently on Windows on Arm devices.

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— Arm (@Arm) June 11, 2024

Windows on ARM is expected to make a giant leap forward thanks to Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Series chips, which promise to outperform the performance of Apple’s M3 chip. These chips currently have the best neural processing unit (NPU) supporting over 40 trillion operations per seconds, and this should benefit the new channel recaps, thread summaries, and other AI features Slack started rolling out earlier this year.

Overall, Slack has now joined Google Chrome, Microsoft Teams, Spotify, Zoom, WhatsApp, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and other big apps that now run natively on Windows ARM. For x86 apps, Microsoft has also built a more efficient Prism emulator on Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ that will run these apps even better than before.