Google wants to turn Chromebooks with fast hardware into alternative gaming PCs. To do this, bring Steam to Chrome OS. Google has obviously discovered the subject of games for itself. After Google Play Games was surprisingly announced for Windows and has now also been rolled out as a beta version, further announcements in this area followed very quickly.
Google has officially announced that Steam will soon be available for Chrome OS and Chromebooks. Google announced Steam Alpha and also the first technical key data. Steam Alpha comes first on a selection of Chromebooks, which definitely need very powerful hardware.
Google just announced Steam “alpha” for ChromeOS? Presenter says it “just launched”? Where is this? pic.twitter.com/Se9bPnJrN2
— Ron Amadeo (@RonAmadeo) March 15, 2022
At least a Core i5 or Core i7 of the 11th generation and no less than 7 gigabytes of RAM. More information will follow soon, according to Google. But this announcement alone is already a big deal because it allows Chrome OS to catch up even further on macOS and especially Windows.