Massive good news for the Raspberry lover as the Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit edition is now available for download. Raspberry Pi OS was available only as a 32-bit operating system.
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4), Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 (CM3), Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ (CM3+), Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Pi 400, Raspberry Pi 3A+, Raspberry Pi 3B+, and Raspberry Pi 3B will support Raspberry Pi OS.
Part of an announcement from the foundation:
Over the past year, we’ve been trialing a beta of Raspberry Pi OS in glorious 64-bit. Now it’s time to open it up to a wider audience. The ARMv8-A architecture, which encompasses the 64-bit AArch64 architecture and associated A64 instruction set, was first introduced into the Raspberry Pi line with Raspberry Pi 3 in 2016. From that point on, it has been possible to run a full 64-bit operating system on our flagship products, and many third-party operating systems are available. However, we have continued to build our Raspberry Pi OS releases on the 32-bit Raspbian platform, aiming to maximize compatibility between devices and to avoid customer confusion…
You can download Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit from the following download link.
Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) Now Available
