Universal binaries are now available through the Mac App Store
on December 16, 2020, 16:54
What just happened? Windows 10 support for Arm-based Apple M1 Macs is nowhere in sight, but Microsoft has updated several of its productivity apps to run natively on Apple silicon. Microsoft is updating most of its Microsoft 365 suite of apps for the Mac to provide native support for the latest Mac mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro 13.
This includes core Office apps like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote, which are now able to utilize the full performance capabilities on Apple silicon while allowing for longer runtime on battery. Microsoft is rolling out the updated apps as universal binaries, so they'll still work great if you install them on Intel-based Macs.