A couple of years ago, it became known that official support for Steam would appear in Chrome OS. 9to5Google has published a list of the first Chromebooks that should support games on Steam.

According to a January developer comment, Google now has "clear schedules" for when Steam will arrive on Chrome OS. This may be directly related to Google partner companies such as Lenovo and HP, who are likely working on a Chromebook with an RGB keyboard that is aimed at gamers.

In a recently released code change, Google has unveiled an initial list of supported Chromebook models, as well as a few additional minimum specs they need to have.

At the moment the list looks like this:

Acer Chromebook 514 (CB514-1H)

Acer Chromebook 515

Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (CP713-3W)

ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5500)

ASUS Chromebook CX9 (CX9400)

HP Pro c640 G2 Chromebook

Unknown/Unreleased Lenovo Chromebook

Your Chromebook must have an Intel Core i5 or i7 (11th generation) processor and at least 7 GB of RAM. A source has seen evidence Google is testing Steam on older 10th Gen Intel Core processors as well as AMD chips.

Another interesting point is that Nvidia appears to be directly involved in adding Steam support for Chrome OS.

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