*(Opera Mini actually has the engine running the pages on the servers it connects to. Tap or click Change PC settings > Update and recovery. There Google Chrome and Opera Coast (released after a long and quiet denial to make a full* browser for iOS) run the Safari WebView also lacking JIT. Can Surface RT run Google Chrome Swipe in from the right edge of the screen and tap Settings. The situation is a lot similar to Apple iOS restrictions. Microsoft isn't directly blocking other web browsers from Windows RT but they're effectively blocking real competition to IE as you can see the challenge the other browser vendors would have to take (already knowing they'd lose the battle). Hey guys Today in my mind a BLING sounded, and i thought: If its possible to install windows IoT core on surface, instead of disabling the UEFI, we can copy the key in windows IoT core that show the surface windows IoT core is a windows OS Its. Mozilla and Google already spoken about this and a web search will give you the news stories. What it says is with the current Windows RT system limitations (APIs) imposed by Microsoft, Opera Software or any other vendor would have to make a browser from scratch that would run slower than Internet Explorer regardless of their efforts because of lack of JIT and other stuff, and even if they use the IE WebView available in the system (which means Trident layout engine) I think it'd result in an even more crippled browser ( see item 1). If you see this update in the history list, you already have Windows 8.1 RT Update 3.

The update will be listed as Update for Windows (KB3033055). Select Change PC settings > Update and recovery. I know this link explains it a bit too technical but it's easy to understand (Windows 8/ARM = RT): Here's how to check: Swipe in from the right edge of the screen and select Settings.

How to get chrome on surface rt 8.1