We are announcing the upcoming deprecation of QEMU as a
virtualization option for Docker Desktop on Apple Silicon
Macs.After serving as our legacy virtualization solution during the
early transition to Apple Silicon, QEMU will be fully deprecated 90
days from today, on July 14, 2025.This deprecation does not affect
QEMU’s role in emulating non-native architectures for
multi-platform builds.By moving to Apple Virtualization Framework
or Docker VMM, you will ensure optimal performance.
We are announcing the upcoming deprecation of QEMU as a
virtualization option for Docker Desktop on Apple Silicon
Macs.After serving as our legacy virtualization solution during the
early transition to Apple Silicon, QEMU will be fully deprecated 90
days from today, on July 14, 2025.This deprecation does not affect
QEMU’s role in emulating non-native architectures for
multi-platform builds.By moving to Apple Virtualization Framework
or Docker VMM, you will ensure optimal performance.