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Steam on Chromebooks is ready for testing, comes with steep requirements

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<i>Portal 2</i> is one of the games Google recommends trying.

Enlarge / Portal 2 is one of the games Google recommends trying. (credit: Google)

After prematurely announcing that Steam on Chromebooks was ready for testing last week, Google is making the release official today. The alpha version of Steam on Chrome OS is currently available in the particular Chrome OS 14583. 0. 0 Dev channel, as announced via a post in Google’s Chrome Developers Community.

Not all Chromebooks will be able to run Steam, however. Google said only the following machines can try the alpha:

  • Acer Chromebook 514 (CB514-1W)
  • Acer Chromebook 515 (CB515-1W)
  • Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (CP713-3W)
  • Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5500)
  • Asus Chromebook CX9 (CX9400)
  • HP Pro c640 G2 Chromebook
  • Lenovo 5i-14 Chromebook

“Because many games have high performance demands, we’ve focused our efforts thus far on the set of devices where more online games can run well, ” Google said.

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