Chrome OS 14583.0, a new version of the Chromebook operating system, is currently being beta tested.
The big news is support for Steam, but it requires the eleventh generation Core i5 or i7, Iris Xe graphics and at least 8 gigabytes of working memory.
Therefore, the support is limited to the following seven models:
- Acer Chromebook 514 (CB514-1W)
- Acer Chromebook 515 (CB515-1W)
- Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (CP713-3W)
- Asus Chromebook Flip CX5 (CX5500)
- Asus Chromebook CX9 (CX9400)
- HP Pro c640 G2 Chromebook
- Lenovo 5i-14 Chromebook
As for the available games, there are 48 titles, more specifically these:
- A Short Hike
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- Baba Is You
- Bloons TD 6
- Celeste
- Cuphead
- Darkest Dungeon
- Dead Cells
- Disco Elysium
- Divinity: Original Sin 2
- Do not Starve Together
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Factorio
- Fallout 4
- Farm Together
- Fishing Planet
- Geometry Dash
- Grim Dawn
- Hades
- Half-Life 2
- Hollow Knight
- Human: Fall Flat
- Kerbal Space Program
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Loop Hero
- Northgard
- Overcooked! 2
- Payday 2
- Portal 2
- Project Zomboid
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- RimWorld
- Risk: Global Domination
- Sid Meier’s Civilization V
- Slay the Spire
- Stardew Valley
- Stellaris
- Tabletop Simulator
- Team Fortress 2
- Tekken 7
- Terraria
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
- The Jackbox Party Pack 8
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Untitled Goose Game
- Unturned
- Vampire Survivors
- World of Tanks Blitz
To install Chrome OS 14583.0 right now, you need to switch to the beta channel. Instructions on how to do this can be found at Google support pages.
It should be pointed out that this is an early preview version, so there are plenty of bugs and the like.
