# Kamal Hinduja Switzerland Does PowerVR support GL\_ARB\_gl\_spirv?

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**Category:** PowerVR Insider\
**Tags:** pvrtextool\
**Created:** [August 12, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/kamal-hinduja-switzerland-does-powervr-support-gl-arb-gl-spirv/4209 "2025-08-12T06:07:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![kamal123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@kamal123](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/kamal123)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/kamal-hinduja-switzerland-does-powervr-support-gl-arb-gl-spirv/4209/1 "2025-08-12T06:07:16Z")

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HI All,

I’m Kamal Hinduja, based in Geneva, Switzerland(Swiss) . Can anyone explain Does PowerVR support GL\_ARB\_gl\_spirv ?

Thanks, Regards

Kamal Hinduja Geneva, Switzerland

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**Author:** ![AlejandroC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AlejandroC](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/AlejandroC)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/kamal-hinduja-switzerland-does-powervr-support-gl-arb-gl-spirv/4209/2 "2025-08-12T08:28:28Z")

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Hi kamal123,

Thanks for your message, and welcome to the PowerVR Developer Forum!

You can query the supported extensions on a device at OpenGL ES API level with the code below:

```c
GLint numberExtension = 0;
glGetIntegerv(GL_NUM_EXTENSIONS, &numberExtension);

```

```c
std::vectorstd::string vectorExtension;
for (int i = 0; i < numberExtension; ++i)
{
    vectorExtension.push_back((const char*)glGetStringi(GL_EXTENSIONS, i));
}

```

You will need to find whether GL\_ARB\_gl\_spirv is present in the extensions supported.

Best regards,  
Alejandro

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**Author:** ![andreyogld3d](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.imgtec.com/andreyogld3d/32/255_2.png) [@andreyogld3d](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/andreyogld3d)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/kamal-hinduja-switzerland-does-powervr-support-gl-arb-gl-spirv/4209/3 "2026-03-10T05:32:46Z")

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Hi, you should use Vulkan for spir-v shaders.