


Here are some improvements as shared by Parallels: It takes full advantage of the benefits that Apple Silicon M1 chip provides, and as expected, it is a lot more faster and efficient compared to Intel Macs. This just highlighted how powerful M1 chips are, and that native support would bring the best results for virtualization.Īfter spending some time in testing phase as a Technical Preview, Parallels 16.5 is now available for all users. Other tests showed how well games perform in Windows 10 in Parallels on M1 Mac. Initial impressions were very positive as users found out that Windows in Parallels on M1 Mac runs faster than it does on Surface Pro X, which is powered by a Qualcomm SQ2 processor.

Parallels was released as a Technical Preview back in December 2020, with support for Windows 10 on ARM. Parallels 16.5 is officially released with native support for M1 chips Thanks to M1 chip support, users can run Windows 10 on ARM and ARM-compatible Linux virtual machines with near-native speeds. This version of Parallels Desktop supports both Intel and M1 Macs. Parallels 16.5 is now available with native support for Apple Silicon M1 chip.
