Google exec: Chrome OS to support Steam

Chrome OS might soon support Valve's Steam gaming platform, at least according to Kan Liu, the director of Project Management of Chrome OS. However, he didn't give any details about how this will work and when they will bring the feature to the public. 

Valve's Steam platform can be considered as the leader in the PC game streaming segment. But it is facing stiff competition from the likes of Epic. One way to get ahead of its competitors is being available where they aren't. With Valve's work with the Chrome OS team, then they will be the first in that space, outside of Google's Stadia game streaming service, that is. But Stadia is currently only available in select regions. 

These two teams need to resolve a few things first before this project hits off the ground, particularly when it comes to the limited internals of existing Chromebooks. Most of them are entry-level to mid-range machines incapable of running resource-hungry applications such as games. But that could soon change. According to Liu, more powerful Chromebooks equipped with AMD chips are coming to the market soon. But he didn't say whether these will feature dedicated Radeon GPUs. 

Steam is already available through Linux, which means it could run on Chromebooks via the Linux Crostini platform. But with Valve working closely with the Chrome OS team, according to Liu, then the operating system will get an optimized version. 

We don't know, though, when Valve gaming might come to Chrome OS. It may or may not be a long wait, unfortunately. 

Source: Android Police