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Acer announces Swift 14 AI powered by Snapdragon X series

Acer’s 1st Copilot+ PC

Published

May 28, 2024

GadgetMatch

Acer has announced its first Copilot+ PC offering: The Acer Swift 14 AI laptop. Built in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., the new laptop ushers in a new era of AI capabilities on Windows 11. Its price and availability by region will be revealed later.

The Swift 14 AI leverages the new Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus platforms, which are designed for the AI era. These Snapdragon X Series processors are integrated with one of the world’s fastest NPUs. They also promise higher performance, faster responsiveness, and better power efficiency.

For more on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Series laptop processors, read: Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X Series laptop processor

Moreover, the laptop supports a configuration of up to 32GB of LPDDR5X memory and up to 1TB of PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage. With a combination of capable hardware and software, the Swift 14 AI can support demanding workloads across scenarios related to productivity, creativity, and entertainment.

Copilot+ PC

Among the Swift 14 AI’s next-generation AI features in Windows 11 are Recall, Cocreator, Live Captions, Windows Studio Effects, and Auto Super Resolution.

Live Captions, of course, provide automatic speech captions and can even translate them from 44 languages to English in real-time. Recall lets users find anything they’ve seen on their PC by simply describing the clues they remember. These includes apps, documents, messages, and more. Cocreator uses visual or written prompts to generate AI images and texts.

For gamers, Auto Super Resolution automatically upscales the graphics resolution and frame refresh rates of games in real-time. And for those on conference calls or love streaming, Windows Studio Effects helps improve lighting conditions and cancel unwanted noise.

Premium design, features

To complement the Swift 14 AI’s capabilities, it comes with a light and thin aluminum chassis design. The laptop sports a 14.5-inch 120Hz WQXGA IPS display. It also has a 180-degree hinge design for flexibility.

In front is a 1440p QHD IR webcam with triple microphone array and privacy shutter. It supports Acer’s suite of AI-boosted conferencing tools like Acer PurifiedView 2.0 and PurifiedVoice 2.0. Additionally, the Acer QuickPanel intuitively appears when the webcam or microphone is switched on.

Furthermore, the Swift 14 AI boasts of Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. The laptop can support connection speeds of up to 5.8Gbps and low network latency of just 0.2ms. There are a host of ports, including two USB Type-C and two USB 3.2 Type-A.

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Spotlight: ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition PX13

Built for adventures!

Published

February 26, 2026

GadgetMatch and Michael Josh Villanueva

If you’re a creative who’s always on the go, check out the ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition (PX13) .

It’s the laptop that gets things right! The portability, the workflow, the build quality, the value — those are the things that actually make a difference when you’re out there living it.

Want to know more about it? Watch our Spotlight on the ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition PX13 and see if it’s built for your type of adventure.

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Samsung Galaxy Book6 series coming to the US on March 11

Samsung’s most powerful AI PCs yet

Published

February 25, 2026

GadgetMatch

Samsung’s most advanced AI-powered PC lineup yet, the Samsung Galaxy Book6 series, will be available in the United States starting March 11.

The Samsung Galaxy Book6 Ultra, Book6 Pro, and Book6 are all powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors to deliver improved CPU, GPU, and NPU performance.

Galaxy AI features like AI Select and Intelligent Search streamline workflows, while Multi-Control and Second Screen enable seamless productivity across Galaxy devices.

Users can connect the Galaxy Book6 series to their Galaxy smartphone or tablet for multi-screen productivity. This includes accessing one’s phone storage straight from the Book6 PC.

And similar to Circle to Search on Galaxy mobile devices, the upcoming PCs have a feature wherein users can just trace whatever is on their screen and search.

In addition, the series combines ultra-thin designs with up to 30 hours of video playback.

Price, availability

Here are the pricing of the three devices under the series:

Galaxy Book6 Ultra: Starts at US$ 2,449.99
Galaxy Book6 Pro: Starts at US$ 1,599.99
Galaxy Book6: Starts at US$ 1,049.99

They will be available nationwide at Samsung.com and Samsung Experience Stores beginning on March 11. Customers who reserve early will get a US$ 30 credit.

More details will be unveiled during the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25 at 10:00 A.M. PT / 1:00 A.M. ET.

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Are you ready for a more colorful MacBook?

Apple is experimenting with quirkier colorway options for the MacBook.

Published

February 16, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

In recent years, Apple has relented on limiting the colors of its devices to only the more premium-looking options. Users can now pick quirkier colors for their iPhones, highlighted currently by the Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro Max. Soon, the same splashes of color might make its way to the MacBook lineup.

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has been testing different colorway options for its upcoming entry-level MacBook. The unannounced lineup might come in pink, light yellow, light green, and blue.

It’s a big change for MacBooks. Currently, the only “quirky” option that users can get is the MacBook Air’s Sky Blue, which honestly looks more silvery than blue. Other than that, the MacBook simply seesaws from different shades of gold, silver, and black.

To be fair, the upcoming MacBook will still have the traditional colorways of the current lineup. Additionally, it’s unclear whether Apple will ultimately include all its experimental colors into the final lineup.

Reportedly, the new lineup will cost somewhere between US$ 699 to US$ 799. Of course, the lower price tag will come at the expense of some specs. Although, it should still be good if we’re talking about an entry-level laptop.

It’s even more interesting if it’s hinting at the return of truly colorful options but for the notebook. The iMac already got a similar renaissance back in 2024, which mimics the classic computer’s colorful history.

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