New chromebooks for cloud gaming

Access to more games and more capacities on these chromebooks

Chromebook game

Chromebook laptops, driven by Google’s OS, become a little sexier for players thanks to the arrival of a version of Steam dedicated to them. Here’s how to know if your machine is compatible with this proposal.

When you decide to buy a laptop of the Chromebook type, it is generally aims not to pay dearly and to access fairly targeted features. These machines operate under Chromeos, an operating system developed by Google and based on chromium. Concretely, this is not the category of laptops to favor to play.

And yet, this week, Google announces a novelty that could well Change the lives of gamers who only have a chromebook on hand : this is the arrival of a version of Steam specially developed to operate on this kind of machines.

Steam arrives on Chromebook, with certain limits

Announced Thursday, November 3 on the official blog of Chromeos, The beta version of Steam for Chromebook can already be installed on compatible computers. As we can imagine, The proposal is not at all the same as that found on the computers under Windows 10 or Windows 11.

As is the case on the steam deck, This version of Steam uses the valve proton layer to run as many games as possible. “Chrome OS will usually perform the Linux version of a game if it exists”, explains Google in particular, while other titles will therefore benefit from compatibility thanks to Proton. To take advantage of it, you must activate Steam Play within the software.

Among the titles already taken care of, we can notably quote The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Portal 2, Hades, Disco Elysium, Return of the Obra Dinn, Fallout 4, Dark Souls Remastered, Doom or Civilization V.

Not all Chromebook are compatible with Steam

The other point that is obviously necessary to take into account concerns the specifications necessary to run Steam for Chromebook.

“Since many games have high performance requirements, we have concentrated our efforts so far on a set of devices on which more games can work properly. Currently, Steam can be activated in beta on the configurations of these chromebooks with Core i3/Ryzen 3 or superior processors and at least 8 GB of RAM. »»

In practice, Google has already announced thatAbout twenty machines are compatible, among which we find:

• Acer Chromebook 514 (CB514-1W)
• Acer Chromebook 515 (CB515-1W)
• Acer Chromebook 516 Ge
• Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (CP514-3H, CP514-3HH, CP514-3Wh)
• Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (CP713-3W)
• Acer Chromebook Spin 714 (CP714-1WN)
• Acer Chromebook Vero 514
• Asus Chromebook CX9 (CX9400)
• Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5500)
• Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5601)
• Asus Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip
• Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition
• Chromebook HP Elite C640 14 inch G3
• Chromebook HP Elite C645 G2
• Chromebook HP Elite Dragonfly
• Chromebook HP Pro C640 G2
• Ideapad Gaming Chromebook 16
• Chromebook Lenovo 5i-14
• Chromebook Lenovo Flex 5i 14
• Lenovo Think Pad C14

How to install Steam on a Chromebook ?

If you have a compatible laptop, you must first follow the procedure explained here to pass on the “beta channel” of Chromeos. This should lead to downloading an update.

Afterwards, Open Chrome and type “Chrome: // Flags”, then activate #Borealis-Enabled. Then restart the machine, then, in the Chromeos launcher, search Steam. You will then be able to install it, then connect to your Steam account to enjoy the compatible games.

Chromebook game

Chromebooks are known to be fast, secure and easy -to -use devices. Since their launch over ten years ago, we have continued to improve their capacities and expand the range of models offered to users.

Today, we are going even further by presenting laptops designed for Cloud Gaming, in collaboration with our partners Acer, Asus and Lenovo. These new chromebooks bring together specific technical characteristics, access to the latest games with cutting -edge graphics via the cloud, and software designed to make the gaming experience easy and quick.

A range of chromebooks dedicated to gaming cloud

Today we are announcing three new chromebooks: Acer Chromebook 516 GE, Asus Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip and Ideapad Gaming Chromebook by Lenovo.

These laptops have specific technical characteristics in order to guarantee an optimal game experience, including high resolution screens of 120 Hz+ for images of exceptional clarity, RGB game keyboards (on certain models) with anti- Ghosting for more speed and interaction, WiFi 6 or 6th for optimal connectivity and immersive sound to immerse yourself in your game.

The world’s leading laptop designed for cloud gaming. With more than 1000 games, an RGB keyboard and a 120 Hz screen.

All the chromebooks designed for the gaming cloud have been tested and certified independently by the Gamebench platform, in order to offer a fluid and reactive game experience with 120 images per second and an entrance latency of less than 85 ms 1 .

Access to more games and more capacities on these chromebooks

We have associated ourselves with Nvidia to allow users to benefit from RTX 3080 Cloud Gaming Chromebooks, the most efficient technology of GeForce Now. You will be able to access titles such as Fortnite, Cyberpunk 2077, Crysis 3 Remastered and many others with a resolution up to 1600p and 120 images per second, taking full advantage of the high resolution screens 120Hz+.

The RTX 3080 subscription will offer you an advanced gaming experience thanks to features such as “Ray Tracing”, which simulates the behavior of light in the real world to make visuals super realistic. The GeForce Now application will be pre-installed on Cloud Gaming Chromebooks, making access to your favorite game even easier.

We have also collaborated with Microsoft to allow you to play on Xbox Cloud Gaming (BETA) through a web application installed on your Chromebook. You can access this application and install it by going to Xbox.com/play. Xbox offers a library of a hundred games, including Deathloop, Grounded, Fortnite, Sea of ​​Thieves and Microsoft Flight Simulator, accessible via an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription.

Over 1,500 games for PCs and consoles within a click !

You can now play on two large Cloud Gaming – Xbox Cloud Gaming (BETA) and Nvidia GeForce Now from your Chromebook, and enjoy access to PC games and consoles directly from the Cloud.

In addition, it will be easier to find the games you love and play in one click. Just press the ‘Everything’ button, find the game on the platform of your choice, then throw it. No installation. No download. No hassle.

Animation of the simulated chromebook screen showing a person clicking on the launch button, looking for Destiny 2 and launching the game on Nvidia GeForce Now.

This search feature will give access to the games available on Nvidia GeForce Now and on Google Play at first. We seek to include other cloud gaming platforms in the future.

A full range of accessories to improve your gaming experience

We know that accessories improve your gaming experience. This is why we have associated ourselves with the main device manufacturers like Acer, Corsair, Hyperx, Lenovo and Steelseries to ensure that their most common mouse, helmets, helmets and controllers are tested and certified as part of the “Works with Chromebook ”(Chromebook compatible).

From left to right: Hyperx Cloud II play helmet, Steelseries Rival 3 wireless mouse and Steelseries Stratus+controller, all certified works with chromebook. Sold separately.

Special offers to get started !

Chromebooks dedicated to the cloud gaming will be accompanied by special offers that will allow you to instantly play some partner games, at no cost for a limited duration3. These chromebooks incorporate a free 3 -month trial at Nvidia GeForce Now RTX 3080.

Visit Chromebook regularly.com/perks from your new Chromebook designed for cloud gaming for more details on available offers.

The computer you need if you are starting on the gaming cloud

Accompanied by his sons Shilo and Sheder, Coach Deion Sanders discovers the first laptop in the world designed for Cloud Gaming. This Chromebook is delivered with an RGB keyboard, a 120 Hz screen and more than 1000 games.

On the occasion of this launch, we are aware that chromebooks are not necessarily known to be laptops dedicated to the game. Many of you know our computers for the following uses: productivity (work, school, word processing, presentations and calculation sheets) or online streaming (films, television and videos).

New chromebooks designed for cloud gaming are the perfect allies of players who are not only defined as “gamers”. Behind a computer with advanced capabilities allowing an optimal cloud gaming experience hides a chromebook. We have collaborated with actor Winston Duke, as well as with Deion Sanders (a known American football coach, from Jackson’s State University), and his sons, Shilo and Shemer, to show you how much he is easy to play on a Chromebook, while performing other tasks.

We present a point -to -pearl Cloud Gaming computer: Chromebook.

You will soon be able to order the new Acer Chromebook 516 GE, the Asus Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip and the Ideapad Gaming Chromebook by Lenovo. To find out more about these devices and their features, go to Chromebook.com/gaming.

Notice of non-responsibility:

1.Tested at 1080p by being connected while playing Fortnite and Destiny 2 using early access test accounts on Nvidia GeForce Now Ultimate.

2.Accelerated sequence for illustration purposes.

3.Limited. Terms and conditions apply, see Conditions on Chromebook.com/perks.

Acer Chromebook 516 Ge. DAS: 1.12 W/KG

Asus Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip. DAS: 1.583 W/KG

Lenovo Ideapad Gaming Chromebook. DAS: 1.679 W/KG