{"id":2142,"date":"2022-03-23T15:13:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/23\/the-steam-alpha-is-finally-arriving-on-select-chromebooks\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T15:13:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:13:09","slug":"the-steam-alpha-is-finally-arriving-on-select-chromebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/23\/the-steam-alpha-is-finally-arriving-on-select-chromebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Steam alpha is finally arriving on select Chromebooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/22\/22990267\/steam-alpha-chromeos-chromebook-supported-models<\/a>
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Google says<\/a> that an alpha version of Steam is finally available for Chrome OS users with specific machines to test, as long as they\u2019re willing to put a beta OS on their computer. This announcement comes after the company prematurely said<\/a> Valve\u2019s PC game store was available last week before changing its tune to say it would be \u201ccoming soon.\u201d While Google\u2019s John Maletis, a Chrome OS VP, calls it \u201cearly days\u201d for the software, it\u2019s exciting that we\u2019re finally going to get a peek at what the Steam experience will be like on Chromebooks.<\/p>\n

Google says that the alpha will only be available on \u201ca small set of recent Chromebooks,\u201d as it\u2019s focused on \u201cdevices where more games can run well.\u201d (It\u2019s also limited to certain configurations of those computers \u2014 more on that in a second.) According to a blog post from the company<\/a>, those Chromebooks are:<\/p>\n

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