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Google has announced major improvements to Steam for Chromebooks with the release of ChromeOS 108. The new version of the operating system promises increased performance, improved user experience,
Google has announced major improvements to Steam for Chromebooks with the release of ChromeOS 108. The new version of the operating system promises increased performance, improved user experience, support for more games, and an increase in supported processors and laptops.
When Steam for Chromebooks first launched earlier this year, the brainchild of a collaboration between ChromeOS gaming specialists and partners Valve, it was only available on a handful of devices, and users had to be willing to run the software on potentially unstable alpha builds. In September, it was announced that it was going into beta (for internal tests), and now Google is announcing that Steam on Chromebookhas already publicly reached this stage of development.
The move from the development channel to the beta channel will allow more cautious (but still risk-averse) users to try out Steam on Chromebooks. Of course, this will mean an increase in the number of testers and getting closer to the stable version.
For starters, Google modified the hardware requirements by adding support for more processorsfrom the Ryzen 5000 C-Series to the Intel Gen12 “Alder Lake” processors, in addition to the Ryzen 3 and Core i3 series, although for the latter it is recommended to increase the memory from the initial 8 Gbytes to 16 GB.
New specifications expand the list of compatible Chromebooks with Steam on 20 models, including the latest laptops announced for “cloud gaming”:
Overall performance should improve with the addition of this beta DirectX 12 and Vulkan 1.3 support. The alpha version also recommended that users play at 1080p or lower, but this one introduces an upscaling system so games look better on 1440p or 4K screens. The lower CPU load should extend battery life, and the system will notify users when the battery is low, even when playing in full screen mode.
Another improvement of the version is a new game installer which helps manage content downloaded outside of Steam. The new installer also improves performance through the Proton compatibility layer. Finally, the list of recommended games has been expanded. It mainly consists of relatively old or technically light titles, but the catalog goes further, which is important.
The move to beta and the added improvements are important given that Steam dominates digital platforms widely, and its support is essential to everything PC gaming means. Interestingly, just as Stadia itself was delayed, Google is getting better at supporting this section.
If you want to try it out, g.co/SteamOnChromeOS is the perfect place to start, as it collects setup instructions, supported devices, known issues, recommended games, and more. says google “we look forward to user feedback as we continue our work with Valve and the entire Chromebook community”.
Source: Muy Computer
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