Asus has introduced a new AMD powered variant of the A14 Air 2026 in China, positioning it as a lightweight option within its ultrabook lineup. The laptop pairs an AMD Ryzen 9 8945H processor with a 120Hz OLED display and a 70Wh battery, with prices starting at approximately 1,003 dollars.
The A14 Air 2026 uses a magnesium-aluminium body measuring just 14.9mm thick and weighing approximately 990 grams, keeping it firmly within the ultra-portable category. The display can open to a full 180 degree angle, and the laptop includes a backlit keyboard, a large touchpad, and an infrared camera for facial recognition. The 14-inch OLED panel carries a resolution of 2880 by 1800 pixels alongside its 120Hz refresh rate, covers the full DCI-P3 colour gamut, and reaches a claimed peak brightness of 1,100 nits, with DisplayHDR True Black 600 certification rounding out its display credentials.
Under the hood, the laptop runs on AMD’s Ryzen 9 8945H, an eight core, 16 thread processor from the Hawk Point family, paired with the chip’s integrated Radeon 780M graphics. Asus allows the processor to run at up to 45W under sustained workloads, with cooling handled by a dual fan, dual heat pipe system designed to maintain performance while keeping noise and temperatures in check. Buyers can choose between 16GB and 32GB of LPDDR5X memory, with both configurations paired with a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD and a second M.2 slot available for additional storage expansion.
Connectivity on the device includes one full featured USB4 port, an additional full featured USB-C connection, two USB-A ports, an HDMI 2.1 output, and a 3.5mm headphone jack, giving the laptop a reasonably complete port selection despite its thin profile. The 16GB RAM configuration is priced at 1,003 dollars in Hyacinth Blue and 1,018 dollars in Iris Purple, while the 32GB RAM variant costs 1,121 dollars in blue and 1,136 dollars in purple.
The AMD powered A14 Air 2026 is currently available exclusively in China through e-commerce platform JD.com, with Asus yet to confirm whether this specific configuration will be released internationally. The launch follows the company’s earlier Intel based version of the same laptop line, continuing Asus’s pattern of offering both AMD and Intel variants across several of its recent ultrabook and creator focused laptop releases as it competes for share in the increasingly crowded thin and light Windows laptop segment.
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