You can’t play Steam games on Chromebook by default. Steam is officially supported on Windows, Mac, and Linux; but as for Chromebook, there’s no native Steam app for Chrome OS. However, there’s workaround for users to run Steam on their Chromebooks.
Can you play Steam games on a Chromebook?
The Steam Link app is basically an app that connects your Chromebook to a stronger PC. You’ll experience some lag since you’re streaming gameplay to your Chromebook, but it works if the other methods fail. Your Chromebook has to support Android apps, however.
One query we ran across in our research was “What is Steam Link on Chromebooks?”.
The Steam Link Chromebook app basically brings the gaming experience to any mobile device (including Chromebooks), but it operates by connecting to a PC in your same network. You would essentially be streaming games to your Chromebook from another PC in your network, if you go this route.
How to use steam remote desktop on Chromebook?
Choose a PIN and pick Start. Now move to your Chromebook and open the Chrome browser. Go to the Chrome Remote Desktop website. Select the computer you want to access. Enter the PIN you selected. Now you can access your PC remotely and open Steam (or any other program).
Can you still use a Chromebook after its EOL date?
Essentially, Your Chromebook would stop being able to support the security/software updates released after its EOL has passed. Google has extended the lifetime of the Chromebook from 3 to 5 to 6.5 years, currently.
With a Chromebook, the OS doesn’t expire —the actual Chromebook does and you no longer get updates at all. It’s not really ‘8 years’ on new Chromebooks Even the “8 years” the newest Chromebook is supposed to last isn’t necessarily 8 years in your actual hands.
One answer was starting from the device platform release date, all Chromebooks using that platform will receive auto-update support for eight years. To be exact, the support will end in the month of June, following the completion of those eight years. So the exact AUE date may be a bit more or less than precisely eight years.
Here, Google lists all Chromebook models and their corresponding expiry dates. Models due to expire in less than 90 days are highlighted in bold. Once your device reaches its Auto Update Expiration date, you will receive a notification saying “This device will no longer receive the latest software updates.
Can you run Linux on a Chromebook?
If you can’t run Linux apps, you can still use your Chromebook to run Steam via the Steam Link app. This method is quite limited and requires better graphics than the Linux app method. What’s more, you can’t take the Chromebook with you since it has to connect to a proper PC to run games.
This of course begs the question “Is your Chromebook end of support?”
Support for these laptops was due to expire on June 2022 but has been extended to June 2025. Are you thinking about buying a Chromebook? If so, find out how old the model is or risk purchasing an unsupported laptop. As it turns out, every Chromebook as an expiration date on which Google stops supporting the device.