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Google Casually Announces Steam For Chrome OS Is Coming In Alpha For Select Chromebooks (engadget.com) 19

Posted by BeauHD from the light-on-details dept.
At the 2022 Google for Games Developer Summit where its Stadia B2B cloud gaming platform was unveiled, Google announced the long-awaited availability of Steam on Chromebooks. 9to5Google reports: Google specifically said that the "Steam Alpha just launched, making this longtime PC game store available on select Chromebooks for users to try." That said, no other details appear to be live this morning, but we did reveal the device list last month. As we noted at the time: "At a minimum, your Chromebook needs to have an (11th gen) Intel Core i5 or i7 processor and a minimum of 7 GB of RAM. This eliminates almost all Chromebooks but those in the upper-mid range and high end."

Google today said "you can check that out on the Chromebook community forum." The post in question is now live, but without any actual availability timeline beyond "coming soon." However, we did learn that the "early, alpha-quality version of Steam" will first come to the Chrome OS Dev channel for a "small set" of devices.

Meanwhile, Google also said Chrome OS is getting a new "games overlay" on "select" Android titles to make them "playable with user-driven keyboard and mouse configurations on Chromebooks without developer changes." It will launch later this year in a public beta. Further reading: The part of the keynote where this announcement was made can be viewed here.

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  • That's a brilliant win for Steam and Chrome's hardware division.

  • no AMD?? and poor video hardware? will users be able to install mods?

  • Why even waste your time with Chrome OS let alone Steam on it ?
    • Kids. Damn near every kid has a Chromebook issued to them from school. AFAIK roblox and minecraft are a bit of a hack to get running on chromeOS. I have seen roblox on android but as of a couple years ago not on chromeOS. Certainly not Fortnite and other kid popular games that live off those token-type giftcards purchase-able at walmart. This idea strikes at the heart of long term marketing. Get the kids hooked early to secure the next generation of consumer. Its been everywhere from cartoon Joe Camel cigar

      • The class of hardware that gets issued to gets on a school's budget are not going to run many games on Steam. It might stream games from a powerful gaming computer down the hall or run Stadia games just fine. But high end Chromebooks that can run actual games, while they exist, are not being issued by many schools.

  • Google had plenty of news about Stadia, the consumer-facing aspect of its cloud gaming products, at its Google for Games Developer Summit. Now Steam ???
  • More options is a win for everyone!

  • So, no you can play on a LITERAL potato.

  • So, now you can play on a LITERAL potato.

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