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Steam may lastly be accessible on Chromebooks quickly

Source: Pocketnow

Chromebooks are great for browsing the web, getting work done, and even for entertainment. It offers long battery life that can often last a full day at work and has most of the features needed to focus on work and help students get their assignments done.

According to a new commitment to Chromium Gerrit (first discovered by Android police), Steam could soon arrive as a native app on Chrome OS. The application has been codenamed “Borealis” and Valve is working to bring the popular gaming platform to affordable Chromebook devices. Android Police says special flags have been added to Chrome OS 98 that allow certain functionality, and we should see some support in a future release of Canary as well.

According to Android Police, Steam will be able to do this with the Linux compatibility added some time ago, and games will be compatible with the Proton. Proton itself is a compatibility layer developed by Valve that allows Windows-based games to run on Linux operating systems. It’s unclear how well this will all work, but fans and players have widely praised the system.

While it will be great to see Steam on affordable Chromebooks, it’s important to note that most Chromebooks can’t play AAA titles, and most devices because of the low-end hardware. There are some high-end devices that can run certain software and titles with a great overall experience, but most will likely only be able to play less graphics-intensive games.

It’s great to see that Steam is available on affordable Chromebook devices, but most users are still advised to play via either a cloud-based gaming platform like Stadia or NVIDIA GeForce Now, as they offer better performance and more enjoyable graphics.

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