Native Windows ARM support for PhotoLab (Snapdragon X Elite / X2 Elite)

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Dear DxO Team,

I’m writing to request native support for Windows on ARM devices, specifically laptops powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite / X2 Elite processors.

My setup:

  • Device: ASUS ProArt X 2026 (14-inch 2-in-1 creator laptop)
  • Processor: Snapdragon X2 Elite with 80 TOPS NPU
  • Use case: Landscape and portrait photography, 100-200 RAW photos per week
  • DxO products I own: PhotoLab 9 + FilmPack + ViewPoint

Current situation:
PhotoLab runs via x64 emulation on Windows on ARM. While basic editing works,
the core AI features that make DxO great — DeepPRIME denoising and AI Masking —
are either very slow or don’t utilize GPU/NPU acceleration properly.
The 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU on Snapdragon X2 Elite is completely unused.

Why this matters:

  1. Competitors already have native ARM support: Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop,
    Luminar Neo, Affinity Photo, Topaz Photo AI all run natively on Windows ARM.
  2. Snapdragon X-series laptops are growing fast in the creator market.
    Major brands (ASUS, Lenovo, HP, Dell) are launching pro creator laptops
    with Snapdragon X Elite/X2 Elite.
  3. DeepPRIME on Snapdragon NPU could be a killer feature — 80 TOPS of dedicated
    AI power, plus amazing battery life (12+ hours of editing on a single charge)
    would make DxO the go-to choice for mobile photographers.

I would love to see:

  • Native ARM64 build of PhotoLab
  • Qualcomm QNN / NPU acceleration for DeepPRIME and AI Masking
  • Proper OpenCL optimization for Adreno GPU

I’m a long-time DxO user and I really want to keep using PhotoLab on my new laptop.
Please consider adding Windows ARM native support.

Thanks!:handshake:

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I, for one, second this.
Had to buy a mac to be able to use PL9, which is bad when my main machine is a surface pro 11 copilot pc with snapdragon and NPU

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Vote here (for PhotoLab - and add comments that you’d like all DxO products supported):