List of Apps and Games Incompatible with Qualcomm Snapdragon-Powered Computers (June 2024)
We all knew that there would be some adoption hiccups when it comes to running Windows on an ARM architecture, however, many people assumed that Microsoft’s translation and compatibility layers would offer a reliable fix. According to Samsung, though, there are still plenty of apps and games that aren’t supported, including some vital ones like Adobe InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Illustrator. Adobe announced that Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and more Creative Cloud apps are coming “this summer”.
Most online games seem to have an issue running too, like Riot Games’ Valorant and League of Legends, as well as others. This might be because the translation layer runs the game in a sandbox, while the anti-cheat software almost always requires administrator privileges and recognizes the sandbox.
Note: Some of these apps may run through emulation while their developers work on their ARM versions
Have you found other apps or games that don’t work on Snapdragon-powered computers?
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| Unsupported Apps / Games on Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Computers | |
| 💿 App | Adobe After Effects |
| 💿 App | Adobe Illustrator |
| 💿 App | Adobe InDesign |
| 💿 App | Adobe Premiere Pro |
| 🎮 Game | Apex Legends |
| 🎮 Game | Assassin’s Creed Valhalla |
| 💿 App | Avast Cleanup |
| 💿 App | Avast Free Antivirus |
| 💿 App | Avast SecureLine VPN |
| 💿 App | Avast driver updater (trial version) |
| 💿 App | Avira Security |
| 🎮 Game | Battle Ground |
| 🎮 Game | Call of Duty MW 3 |
| 💿 App | Canon IJ Scan Utility |
| 💿 App | DMM Game Player |
| 🎮 Game | Dead By Daylight |
| 💿 App | Epson – Fax Reception |
| 💿 App | Epson Status Monitor 3 |
| 🎮 Game | FC Online 4 |
| 🎮 Game | Fall Guys |
| 🎮 Game | Far Cry New Dawn |
| 🎮 Game | For Honor |
| 💿 App | FortiClient VPN |
| 🎮 Game | Fortnite |
| 💿 App | Google Drive |
| 💿 App | Google Play Games |
| 🎮 Game | Goose Goose Duck |
| 🎮 Game | Halo Infinite |
| 💿 App | Kaspersky Anti-Virus |
| 💿 App | LD player |
| 🎮 Game | League of Legends |
| 🎮 Game | Lineage M |
| 💿 App | Naver MyBox |
| 💿 App | Naver eBook Reader |
| 💿 App | Nox App Player |
| 💿 App | NoxPlayer |
| 🎮 Game | Roblox |
| 💿 App | Samsung Recovery |
| 💿 App | Samsung Update |
| 🎮 Game | SuddenAttack |
| 🎮 Game | Tales Runner |
| 🎮 Game | Team Fortress 2 |
| 🎮 Game | Uncharted |
| 🎮 Game | VRChat |
| 🎮 Game | Valorant |
| 💿 App | VirtualBox headless frontend |
| 💿 App | Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus |
| 💿 App | YAK public |
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Acciperbolina, dopo averlo comprato mi sono accorto di quante cose non vanno… Vabbè, ci ho scommesso sopra sperando che questi processori saranno il futuro. Se avrò ragione basterà attendere, altrimenti come fermacarte è molto bello anche se un po’ costoso 😀
Macroview will not currently run on a Snapdragon processor
Proton Drive and Proton VPN don’t work on Snapdragon ARM based chip. Proton drive doesn’t install at all; proton vpn installs but can’t connect to vpn.
Microsoft SQL Server n’est pas compatible
I want to buy this laptop for mainly running my business, design on Photoshop, small work on Adode Illustrator and also casual use e.g browsing the web and consuming media. Am i safe to buy this laptop or will I run into many problems? I hope not as this is the only laptop I consider to be as sleek as a macbook.
You should be fine. Several issues can be resolved going through App Assure if you do run into issues.