Overview
- ASUS announced the refreshed Zenbook and Vivobook consumer laptops plus new ExpertBook business models at Computex, showcasing new materials, OLED screens and updated colorways.
- The company introduced Zenni Claw, an agentic AI assistant that dynamically routes tasks to the laptop’s NPU or to cloud servers to cut latency and control cloud processing costs.
- ASUS disclosed on-device NPU performance targets: ExpertBook P5 (Intel) around 50 TOPS and PM5 (AMD) about 55 TOPS, Vivobook S14/S16 up to 45 TOPS, and Zenbook models advertised up to roughly 50 TOPS for Copilot+ features.
- Battery and efficiency claims are prominent: Zenbook 14 is rated for about 21+ hours of video playback and Vivobook models claim more than 25 hours, with Snapdragon-based SKUs emphasized for long life; enterprise ExpertBooks stress hardened BIOS, ExpertGuardian security and MIL‑STD durability.
- Availability and pricing remain incomplete and inconsistent across outlets, with ASUS giving US timing windows that various reports place in late Q2, Q3 or early second half of 2026, leaving SKU-level dates and retail prices unresolved.