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The landscape of portable PCs is about to change asWindows on Armbecomes faster than Apple.
How does a Progressive Web App work?
Spotify’s Arm-native desktop app consumes around 425MB of RAM while playing music.(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
Can PWAs perform better than native apps?
A stable build equivalent isavailable for download here, which will update you to future versions automatically.
Currently, Vivaldi on Arm crashes when I give a shot to install a PWA.
I still encourage everyone to check the ever-expandinglist of Windows on Arm appsthat you shouldn’t live without.
Spotify’s Arm-native desktop app consumes around 425MB of RAM while playing music.(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
Spotify’s Arm-native desktop app consumes around 425MB of RAM while playing music.(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
The Spotify PWA looks identical but requires at least 700MB of RAM to run Microsoft Edge in the background.(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
Clipchamp’s Arm app uses around 1.7 to 1.9GB of RAM during timeline playback, and it’s unfortunately not a smooth experience.(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
Clipchamp as a PWA is an almost identical affair, reaching as high as 1.9GB in RAM usage with no performance changes leading to choppy playback.(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
Using a first-generation Surface Pro X with 7.5GB of usable RAM means clever memory allocation helps me to maintain efficient performance.
