While updating, there is no doubt we are on a 64-bit OS. I have updated from 10.5 to 10.8 (whereas the 32-bit OS is already in 10.8). The welcome wizard will show up as usual, and you’ll find the same applications pre-installed as on Raspberry Pi OS Desktop.Īs the image is over 6 months old during writing, there are a lot more updates for the 64-bit version. On the first boot, you won’t see a difference compared to a 32-bit installation. Once downloaded, you can flash the image file on your SD card with Balena Etcher or Raspberry Pi Imager as usual.Ĭheck my tutorial on how to in s tall Raspberry Pi OS here if you need any advice about this. You need to go directly to this link to find the latest versions available.Ĭlick on the folder for the latest version available and download the ZIP file in it. On the official website and in the Raspberry Pi Imager, you’ll only find the 32-bit version. How to Install Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit Download Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit You can try it as an experiment, but I wouldn’t try it in a production environment. It’s still in beta, so expect some bugs, and don’t expect them to be fixed quickly.

In the next part, I’ll show you how to try it out. While there are still many Raspberry Pi running with a 32-bit chip, they’ll work on the 64-bit development, but releasing it soon is not a priority. So, they want to keep everything simple, for them and for us. James Hughes – Principle Software Engineer Raspberry Pi Ltd This means a lot less maintenance work – we are a small team. There’s quite a bit of work involved with moving the entire distro over the 64bit, including some rather tricky work on anything that talks to the GPU, which is 32bit. We only need one distro, and it runs on all devices.

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