The Minecraft Trial for Chromebooks is also region-limited, with only 17 countries supported, and with both the United States and United Kingdom ineligible for access. The Minecraft Trial for Chromebook is a version of the trial app that aims to capture platform-specific data for bug fixes and technical troubleshooting. Minecraft Trial is a free trial version of Minecraft that provides a time-limited, survival-only experience for players. Those worlds also can’t be transferred over to the “full game.” Mojang says that this version is being used to capture data for bug fixes and troubleshooting.

After that time elapses, the player’s world is deleted, and they’re required to start from scratch on a new world. This limited-time trial allows players to play Minecraft directly on Chromebooks, but only for 90 minutes. The reveal came mostly silently, as a support page (via ChromeUnboxed) details the “Minecraft Trial for Chromebooks.” The reasoning is, of course, not too hard to decipher, as Microsoft has made many efforts to push against Chromebooks with its own affordable Windows machines.īut now, Minecraft looks to be officially coming to Chromebooks. Even the Android version of Minecraft blocks installation on ChromeOS. Since Chromebooks are widely used among school-age kids in the United States, there’s certainly an audience for Minecraft on the platform, and frankly, it’s quite odd that Microsoft has never given in. Over the years, Minecraft on Chromebooks has never been officially available, despite the user demand. But it seems that, soon, that will change, as an official “trial” is now underway for testing Minecraft on Chromebooks.ĩto5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Chromebooks, though, have never had official support for Chromebooks, with many turning to hacky methods to run the game instead. Minecraft is one of the most popular games on the planet, and it’s available on a lot of different devices, too.

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