#Prism emulator

The update focuses on Microsoft's new "Prism" emulator, which aims to make it easier for more complex, high-performance applications to run smoothly on Arm-based systems, even if they don't have native ARM64 versions. Prism expands support for processor extensions that many games and professional applications require, including AVX, AVX2, BMI, FMA, and F16C. Microsoft hopes that with Prism, x64 games like Starfield and Helldivers 2—which use AVX2 for complex graphics and physics simulations—will work seamlessly on Arm-based devices. However, Microsoft notes that 32-bit applications will not yet detect the new emulator support, meaning some older or less-optimized programs might still encounter issues. Microsoft has already shown progress with a range of applications thanks to Prism’s emulation. With Prism's full release on the horizon, Windows on Arm users can look forward to potentially broader support and a more seamless experience with apps that were previously incompatible or had performance issues. If you're not familiar with emulators, to put it simply, they are programs that can "mimic" an original device's functions and capabilities to a platform where you can't normally run them. In this guide's case, the retro gaming console emulators can be downloaded in the Google Play Store. Read more in our articles including "Microsoft's New Emulator Could Bring More Games and Apps to Windows on Arm Devices" and "How to turn your Android device into a retro gaming console".