Acer's Swift 16 Air Laptop Weighs Less Than 2.2 Pounds

Acer conscionable unveiled nan caller Swift 16 Air laptop astatine IFA 2025. The biggest trading constituent present is apt nan weight. The 16-inch laptop clocks successful astatine conscionable complete 2 pounds, which is lighter than a 13-inch MacBook Air.

The Swift 16 Air is disposable pinch 2 show options. There's a modular IPS sheet and an AMOLED. The AMOLED does tick nan weight up a spot to 2.4 pounds, which is worthy considering.

The wide specs present are solid. These computers are powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series processors, pinch options up to nan AI 7 350. They besides travel pinch AMD Radeon GPUs. The artillery life is beautiful decent, allowing for up to 13 hours of usage per charge.

There's a webcam pinch a privateness shutter and plentifulness of connectivity options. These see a brace of USB-C ports, 2 USB-A ports and an HDMI port. Finally, each laptop ships pinch 2 speakers and 2 microphones.

The Acer Swift 16 Air will beryllium disposable this November successful Europe, nan Middle East and Africa. We don't person pricing aliases readiness accusation for nan US yet, but nan starting costs successful Europe translates to astir $1,160.

The institution besides utilized IFA to present nan TravelMate X4 AI. This is simply a lightweight Copilot+ PC pinch Intel Core Ultra Processors. It weighs little than 3 pounds and meets MIL-STD810H durability standards. It ships later this month, pinch a starting value of $1,400.