Acer unveils Swift Air 16, a sub-1kg 16-inch Copilot PC at IFA 2025

Acer unveiled a featherweight 16-inch laptop at IFA 2025 on Thursday, introducing the Swift Air 16 as a direct challenge to larger ultraportables. The company said the new Copilot PC will be available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in November, with a reported European starting price of 999 euros; U.S. pricing and exact release dates have not been announced.

Acer described the Swift Air 16 as notable for squeezing a 16-inch display into an ultralight magnesium-aluminum chassis. The laptop will be offered with two display options: a WQXGA IPS panel and a higher-end WQXGA+ AMOLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate. Weight varies by configuration, with the IPS model coming in at just under 1 kilogram, or about 2.18 pounds, and the AMOLED variant around 1.1 kilograms, or roughly 2.4 pounds. Multiple reports highlighted the machine as lighter than recent MacBook Air models, though exact comparisons depend on configuration.

Under the hood, Acer said the Swift Air 16 will be powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series processors, with configurations up to the Ryzen AI 7 350 and integrated AMD Radeon graphics. Memory options extend up to 32GB of LPDDR5 onboard RAM and up to 1TB of PCIe Gen4...