Wi-Fi 7

Identity crisis. The HP Googlebook 14c is the first Googlebook we review and it features a Snapdragon X1 Elite processor, a 2.8K OLED touchscreen as well as a premium chassis. Is it a serious rival for Windows and macOS or is the experience similar to a large Android tablet? Update: Additional battery tests

Wi-Fi 7 meets exceptional design. With the WiFi Mesh X3 Pro Suite, Huawei combines a powerful mesh router with an illuminated mountain panorama. In testing, the system impresses with Wi-Fi speeds of around 2 Gbit/s, low power consumption and virtually silent cooling. However, users have to do without the 6 GHz band and some convenience features.

Core Ultra X vs. Snapdragon X2. Microsoft's current Surface Laptop 15 for Business is available with Intel's powerful Core Ultra X CPUs, which also includes the fast Arc B390 iGPU. The result is the best laptop you can currently get from Windows, and it is also superior to the Snapdragon models for private customers.

Same performance, higher price. Lenovo's compact ThinkPad X13 Gen 7 keeps the lightweight chassis and gets new AMD processors, but the overall package is very familiar. The price, however, is much higher this year.

Worker-bee EliteBook. A standard solution for large corporate laptop fleets: For many, that premise might make the HP EliteBook 8 G2a 16 seem like a boring device. However, as one of the best-sellers for HP, this is a laptop a lot of people will use. In our review it delivered fast and stable performance—with one caveat.

Excellent performance & efficiency. Apple now offers the Mac mini with the new M6 SoC, their first 2 nm chip. With significant CPU and GPU performance improvements, the small desktop system packs quite a punch and easily beats the rivals from AMD and Intel.

The M6 SoC is Apple's first 2 nm chip for Macs and also the new entry-level chip. Apple managed to improve the performance as well as the efficiency and pretty much destroys the direct competition from AMD, Intel and Qualcomm.

It's time for a change. Can a top-of-the-line smartphone with a 6.9-inch display really be lightweight and easy to handle? Samsung is attempting to strike exactly this balance with the new Galaxy Z Flip8. In our review, we compared this foldable Android phone with its Motorola competitors, the Razr 70 Plus and Razr 70 Ultra—with a clear result.

Brighter, more efficient and more expensive. The 2026 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 finally gets a brighter OLED panel with 240 Hz and it also features a new Panther Lake processor from Intel. The result is one of the best slim gaming laptops on the market, even though the price is higher than ever. Update: GPU benchmarks with 160W TGP

Panther Lake with slow iGPUs. The Schenker Element 16 is a new 16-inch multimedia/business laptop with Intel Panther Lake processors and a focus on repairability and upgradeability. You get a good matte 120 Hz IPS screen and long battery runtimes, but only slow iGPU options and poor speakers.

EliteBook eXceptional. Lenovo has the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, HP has the EliteBook X. The newest model of this premium business laptop, the HP EliteBook X G2i, features a strong Intel Panther Lake processor, 32 GB of RAM as well as 5G in a lightweight, high-quality design - a winning combination.

Afraid of Apple? Bigger, thinner, and packed with top-of-the-line hardware: The new Fold8 Ultra, featuring the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy, promises to be the best foldable smartphone of 2026. But do the upgrades justify the exorbitant price of over $2,000? We put the iPhone Ultra’s competitor through its paces in our tests and in everyday use. Is it worth buying?

Excellent performance, insufficient PSU. The MacBook Pro 16 handles the M5 Max SoC much better than the smaller 14-inch model. It is still a great multimedia laptop with a gorgeous Mini-LED screen, but the old design starts to show limitations and the 140W power adapter is insufficient.

Gorgon Point ZBook. Mobile workstations like the HP ZBook series are typically meant for GPU-intensive applications. Not so much the HP ZBook 8 G2a. This 14-inch workstation with an AMD CPU forgoes a strong graphics chip, instead offering plenty of RAM and a fast processor - a good fit for local AI.

Awesome 144 Hz OLED panel. The Asus ProArt PZ14 is a sleek 14-inch tablet with a Snapdragon X2 Elite SoC, a gorgeous 144 Hz OLED touchscreen, stylus support and a great keyboard. It is powerful and extremely versatile, and it might be perfect for creators on the road.

X9 goes MacBook Pro. Lenovo built the ThinkPad X9 in 2025 to compete with the Apple MacBook Air for the hearts and minds of corporate customers - and their purchasing budgets. The 2026 addition to the line, the Lenovo ThinkPad X9-15p Gen 1 Aura Edition, goes after Apple too, but shifts the focus to the creator crowd.

Slower CPU, but still the fast Radeon 8060S. The base model of the compact Asus ProArt PX13 convertible is equipped with the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 388 and the powerful Radeon 8060S graphics. You also get the familiar 2.8K OLED screen, 32 GB RAM and a 512 GB SSD for $1899.

Premium gaming with uncompromising performance. Asus is updating its ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835LXG with the Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU, and an 18-inch 4K Mini-LED display with a 240 Hz refresh rate and 2,000 dimming zones. It also offers excellent serviceability thanks to simplified access to components and extensive customization options with AniME Vision and versatile RGB lighting.