ASUS isn’t sitting out the frenzy of AI-enhanced Copilot+ PCs, which additionally contains new fashions from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung and, in fact, 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 possibly detect your presence and regulate the show accordingly. In the event you look away, the show will dim, and it’ll brighten up once more once you look again. And if you happen to step away from the pc, it’ll lock — and unlock once you return. Whereas we will not vouch for its effectiveness earlier than making an attempt it, the function sounds tremendous helpful for safety and privateness if it delivers constantly.
One other baked-in AI function is StoryCube, an app that ASUS says can robotically manage RAW images and movies. Along with the usual Copilot+ options introduced on Monday, the laptop computer additionally contains Home windows Studio Results, which might automate lighting changes and noise removing in video calls. It additionally helps Microsoft’s Dwell Captions (real-time, AI-powered subtitles).
On the {hardware} facet, 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 screen with a 2,880 x 1,620 decision and an 89 % 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 Kind 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 out there 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 12 months.
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