ASUS isn’t sitting out the frenzy of AI-enhanced Copilot+ PCs, which additionally contains new fashions from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung and, after all, Microsoft. The “ultra-thin” ASUS Vivobook S 15 has Home windows AI options like reminiscence assistant Recall, the picture generator Cocreator, and a number of other ASUS-exclusive AI apps.
One of many extra intriguing AI-powered options of the ASUS Vivobook S 15 is its use of the AiSense IR digicam. ASUS says it may detect your presence and modify the show accordingly. If you happen to look away, the show will dim, and it’ll brighten up once more whenever you look again. And in the event you step away from the pc, it can lock — and unlock whenever you return. Whereas we will not vouch for its effectiveness earlier than attempting it, the function sounds tremendous helpful for safety and privateness if it delivers persistently.
One other baked-in AI function is StoryCube, an app that ASUS says can robotically arrange RAW pictures and movies. Along with the usual Copilot+ options introduced on Monday, the laptop computer additionally contains Home windows Studio Results, which may automate lighting changes and noise elimination in video calls. It additionally helps Microsoft’s Reside Captions (real-time, AI-powered subtitles).
On the {hardware} aspect, the Vivobook S 15 runs on the Snapdragon X Elite chip with a built-in Qualcomm Hexagon neural processing unit (NPU), which ASUS claims can course of 45 TOPS (that’s 45 trillion operations per second). The PC ships with a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD and as much as 32GB of 8448 MHz LPDDR5X RAM.
The laptop computer has a 15.6-inch OLED display with a 2,880 x 1,620 decision and an 89 p.c screen-to-body ratio. It additionally features a Harmon Kardon-certified audio system with Dolby Atmos sound. ASUS claims its 70 Wh battery can last as long as 18 hours.
One of many Vivobook S 15’s promoting factors is its skinny aluminum physique: Its tapered design has a thickness starting from solely 0.58 to 0.63 inches (14.7 mm to 16 mm). The PC weighs a mere 3.13 lbs (1.4 kg), barely lighter than Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air.
The laptop computer has a wholesome port choice, together with two USB4, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Sort A, HDMI, an audio combo jack and a microSD slot. Its keyboard has customizable single-zone RGB lighting and a Copilot key for fast entry to the ChatGPT-powered assistant.
The ASUS Vivobook S 15 is on the market for pre-order now by way of the corporate’s retail companions, beginning at $1,300. The corporate says further configurations will launch later this yr.
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