Parallels 16 on Big Sur still loads kernel extensions

[PeterB51]

Parallels 16 advertises that "In macOS Big Sur, Parallels Desktop offers an easier onboarding experience by using the native macOS system extensions instead of the deprecated kernel ones."

However, looking in System Information and Etrecheck, it is still loading 4 kernel extensions:

/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
[Loaded] prl_hypervisor.kext (Parallels International GmbH, 16.1.1 49141 - SDK 10.11)
[Loaded] prl_netbridge.kext (Parallels International GmbH, 16.1.1 49141 - SDK 10.9)
[Loaded] prl_usb_connect.kext (Parallels International GmbH, 16.1.1 49141 - SDK 10.9)
[Loaded] prl_vnic.kext (Parallels International GmbH, 16.1.1 49141 - SDK 10.9)

 

[Maria@Parallels]

Hello, are you running the latest Parallels Desktop version 16.1.1 and macOS 11.1?

 

[PeterB51]

Yes to both

Hello, are you running the latest Parallels Desktop version 16.1.1 and macOS 11.1?

 

[WynD1]

I am curious about this answer as well.

 

[Maria@Parallels]

Yes to both

Thank you for your reply.
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