This 16-inch laptop is so light I can easily lift it with three fingers

Asus’ Zenbook A14 that debuted at last year’s CES is now getting a bigger sibling for CES 2026. The new Asus Zenbook A16 is a 16-inch counterpart to refreshed Zenbook A14, both packing Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite processors. The two Zenbook A models are very similar, both sporting OLED displays, two USB 4 ports, one USB-A, 70Whr batteries, and Asus’ Ceraluminum coating in earthy beige and gray tones.

The new 16-inch model separates itself with its bigger and better display and a built-in SD card slot. The screen of the A16 is 2880 x 1800 / 120Hz to the A14’s 1920 x 1200 / 60Hz, and it can hit 1,100 nits of peak brightness to the smaller model’s 600 nits.

Both the Zenbook A14 and A16 are incredibly light. In some configurations the A14 weighs under 2.2 pounds / 1kg, and the A16 is just shy of 2.65 pounds / 1.2kg. The 16-inch is around the weight of the LG Gram 16, which is a laptop that’s all about lightness, but the LG doesn’t have an SD card slot. I called the Zenbook A14 Asus’ wannabe MacBook Air when it launched last year, and the A16 seems to want to be the 15-inch MacBook Air alternative. Though, if you’re a photographer like me, that SD card slot seems a nice quality-of-life upgrade.

The new Zenbook A14 and A16 are set to launch in early-to-mid Q2 2026, with pricing to be determined later.

Photography by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge