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Delbin – ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5500).

Voxel – Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (CP713-3W).

For now, the list consists mostly of Chromebooks from Acer and ASUS. In a recently posted code change, Google has introduced an initial list of supported Chromebook models, along with a few extra minimum specs they’ll need to have. If you’re curious as to how well it runs, our Ben Schoon was able to go hands-on with Steam games on his own Chromebook. Update: Since this article was published, Google has officially unveiled the Steam Alpha for Chrome OS, including which Chromebooks are supported (effectively the same list as seen below) and what games you can probably play well. It’s possible this is directly related to Google’s partner companies like Lenovo and HP likely working on Chromebooks with RGB keyboards marketed at gamers. According to a developer comment from January, Google now has firm “timelines” for when Steam on Chrome OS needs to ship. However, things may finally be in the final stages of preparation. Of course, a year and a half has passed since then with no indication of when Steam would be launching onto Chromebooks. When we first investigated Google’s efforts into playing Steam games on Chrome OS, codenamed Borealis, all signs pointed to things kicking off with Chromebooks built with Intel’s 10th Gen Core processors.

9to5Google has uncovered the first Chromebooks that should support playing Steam games. So, for example, gamers, said Smith, "might opt-in to a kernel channel that ships the latest NVIDIA drivers as soon as they are available, in the same way the Ubuntu Desktop team did for Mesa as part of our work on the Steam snap.Having been confirmed by a Googler over two years ago, Chrome OS is now closer than ever to officially supporting gaming through Steam. The stable channel is the most tested and reliable, while the edge channel includes the latest changes.

These channels allow users to choose how cutting-edge they want their software to be. The use of snap channels also allows for the concept of rolling certain elements of the distribution, enhancing the user experience.Įach snap of an application or component has four standard channels: Stable, candidate, beta, and edge. Moreover, the modularity of Ubuntu Core enables users to experiment with alternative desktop environment snaps while sticking to a highly stable, signed, and secure LTS base. Properties inherent to Ubuntu Core, like secure boot, recovery states, and hardware-backed encryption, will bolster a user's PC security posture significantly.Īlso: How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex Behind the scenes, Canonical has been contemplating Ubuntu Core's potential benefits for developers and daily users.