Back in March, Steam came to Chrome OS as an alpha program for a limited set of Chromebooks. And months later, Google and Valve have now announced the beta stage for Steam on Chrome OS. This new one brings performance improvements and support for more Chromebooks that can now play games via Steam on their devices. Check out the details below to know more.
Chromebooks aren't useless anymore! – Steam on Chrome OS Alpha
Steam on Chrome OS beta will be part of the Chrome OS beta channel (version 108), making it available to more devices. The system requirements have also been expanded with support for devices with AMD Ryzen 5000 C-Series and Intel 12th Gen Core CPUs. The minimum requirement is now Intel core i3 and AMD Ryzen 3.
To recall, at launch Steam on Chrome OS required an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 or i7 CPU and at least 8GB of RAM with Intel Iris Xe GPU. Google still recommends 16GB of RAM and an i5 or Ryzen 5 or higher processor for smooth performance. The new Chromebooks for cloud gaming also qualify. The list of eligible entities includes,
Based on user feedback provided at the time of the alpha program, there are a number of performance and user experience improvements tagged. Performance changes include support for graphics libraries such as DirectX 12 and Vulkan 1.3 to improve how shaders are stored, better scaling to easily play games in QHD and UHD, and the addition of 50 new game titles.
