Steam is the biggest marketplace to download and play AAA and indie gaming titles on PCs and Macs. Chromebooks, however, do not have access to an official Steam client. However, that could soon change, at least going by new information that was revealed by the folks over at Android Police.
According to the report, two new flags present in Chrome OS' latest dev channel build refer to Borealis, which is a codename for Steam's project for Google's operating system. Since the current developer version of Chrome OS will likely be released via the official channel soon, we could soon see official support for Steam on the platform.
Evidence suggests that it will also feature Steam's Proton APIs, which means that one day you can play Windows games on Chrome OS. However, Chromebooks use relatively weak hardware, at least compared to Windows laptops, and multiple compatibility layers mean huge performance penalties. Still, an official Steam client could allow you to play light games on your Samsung Chromebook.
If Chromebooks get better hardware in the future, especially chipsets (maybe from Samsung itself?) with powerful GPUs, official Steam support will bring access to a lot of popular games, especially e-sports titles, and consumers might not have to use two separate machines for work and play.
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