One of our most popular VPN apps now works with Windows on Arm

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Key findings

  • ExpressVPN now supports Windows on Arm and uses Microsoft's Prism emulator for compatibility.
  • The decision to use the Prism emulator instead of a native ARM app was made because of the comparable performance.
  • ExpressVPN offers top-notch features such as a large server network, strong encryption, and 24/7 support on Windows on Arm devices.



It's been a good year for fans of Windows on Arm, hasn't it? It's been quiet for a long time, and now we're seeing an unstoppable stream of apps making the jump to the Snapdragon system. Get ready for another year, because ExpressVPN is the latest app to appear on the Arm architecture.


ExpressVPN announces a Windows on Arm version of its app

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As announced in an email, ExpressVPN is now ready to run on devices running Windows on Arm. This is great news, as we named ExpressVPN the fastest VPN of 2024 and have a lot of good things to say about it. ExpressVPN itself claims to be “one of the first top-tier VPN providers to release an ARM-compatible application,” and it's nice to see it's made the jump.

Interestingly, while other apps have developed an Arm-compatible version of the app, ExpressVPN has chosen to port the app. Instead, ExpressVPN has chosen to use Microsoft's Prism emulator. According to Himmat Bains, Head of Product at ExpressVPN, Prism's emulation performance is so good that there is no need to develop a native app:


Although we originally planned to build a native ARM application, we were able to change our approach in Windows 11 24H2 thanks to the advanced features of Microsoft's latest Prism emulator. The emulator's performance has reached a level that is now directly comparable to a native version – it just made sense for us to use it. We are excited to be at the forefront of VPN technology on ARM-based machines with this release, together with Microsoft and Qualcomm, and we look forward to further innovations that this collaboration will bring.

If you want to learn more, you can read about ExpressVPN's journey on the official blog. And if you want to get started right away, head to the ExpressVPN download page. Look for the text that says


“Using a Copilot+ PC? Download our ARM64 beta” under the green “Get ExpressVPN” button and click the link to get it.

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It offers all the features of a top-notch torrent VPN, including a large server network, strong encryption, an internet kill switch, a strict no-logging policy, easy-to-use apps, 24/7 support, and more.

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