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Google has announced that some ChromeOS users will finally be able to start testing Steam. During the Google for Games Developer Summit, Google\u2019s product director for games, Greg Hartell, announced<\/a> that \u201cthe Steam alpha just launched\u201d for select Chromebooks.<\/p>\n
It was a brief mention, but the software has been a long time coming \u2014 Google announced that it was working on Steam support for ChromeOS in the beginning of 2020<\/a>, and there hasn\u2019t been much info since. There have been whispers that we\u2019d see it soon, though, as recent reports indicated that companies are working on gaming-focused Chromebooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nGoogle talked about Steam for all of 13 seconds during its Google for Games Developer Summit keynote<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\nDespite how long we\u2019ve been waiting, the announcement comes as a bit of a surprise. As 9to5Google<\/em>\u2019s Kyle Bradshaw tweeted<\/a>, people have been trying to learn more about Steam on ChromeOS for months, combing through code and developer comments \u2014 only for Google to announce it with a casual mention during a developer keynote.<\/p>\n
That keynote also goes over Google\u2019s revised plans for its Stadia service<\/a> \u2014 the TL;DR is that it plans on introducing free demos and trials, as well as making things easier for developers. You can watch it here<\/a>, or below (the Steam mention is about 14 minutes in).<\/p>\n
\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"lrLajA\">It is understandable why Google would want to make the launch relatively quiet; given that it\u2019s launching as an alpha, it\u2019ll probably be a little rough around the edges. There\u2019s also limited availability. Google didn\u2019t mention which computers Steam will be available on, but <em>9to5Google<\/em> has <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2022\/02\/19\/steam-chrome-os-supported-chromebooks\/\">a list that it discovered last month<\/a>. It includes the x86-powered laptops like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22451261\/acer-chromebook-spin-713-2021-review\">Acer Chromebook Spin 713<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22776850\/asus-chromebook-flip-cx5-review-the-15-inch-chromebook-to-beat\">Asus Flip CX5<\/a>, along with a few other models.<\/p>\n<p id=\"AJ4gbw\">Hartell points viewers to the Chromebook Community Forum for more information, though it doesn\u2019t seem like there are any official updates available there yet. We\u2019ve reached out to Google and Valve for more information, and will let you know if we hear back. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/15\/22979368\/steam-chromeos-chromebook-valve-google-2022-alpha\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/15\/22979368\/steam-chromeos-chromebook-valve-google-2022-alpha<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Google has announced that some ChromeOS users will finally be able to start testing Steam. During the Google for Games Developer Summit, Google\u2019s product director for games, Greg Hartell, announced that \u201cthe Steam alpha just launched\u201d for select Chromebooks. It was a brief mention, but the software has been a long time coming \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,8],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google","category-technology","tag-google"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google says Steam has arrived on Chromebooks, let us know if you find it? - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/16\/google-says-steam-has-arrived-on-chromebooks-let-us-know-if-you-find-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google says Steam has arrived on Chromebooks, let us know if you find it? - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Google has announced that some ChromeOS users will finally be able to start testing Steam. 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