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Display
- Panel
- 14" OLED 3K (2880 x 1800) touchscreen, variable refresh rate up to 120Hz (2K/300-nit option also offered)
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- Brightness
- 500 nits, 100% DCI-P3
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- Type
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- Liquid Retina LED-backlit IPS, 500 nits, wide color (P3), True Tone
- Size
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- 15.3 inches
- Resolution
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- 1864 x 2880 pixels (~224 ppi density)
Platform
- OS
- Googlebook OS (Android-based)
- macOS Tahoe 26.3
- CPU
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100, 12 cores up to 4.0 GHz), Hexagon NPU up to 45 TOPS
- Deca-core (4 super + 6 efficiency)
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno
- Apple GPU (10-core), Neural Accelerator in each core, 16-core Neural Engine, 153 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Chipset
- Not listed
- Apple M5
Memory
- RAM
- 16GB / 32GB
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- Storage
- Up to 1TB SSD
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- Card slot
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- No
- Internal
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- 512GB / 1TB / 2TB / 4TB SSD, 16GB (24GB / 32GB optional) unified memory
Connectivity
- Wireless
- Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth (dual)
- Not listed
Camera
- Webcam
- 5MP IR camera with facial recognition, temporal noise reduction, physical privacy shutter
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Sound
- Speakers
- Quad speakers with HP Audio Boost 2.0
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- Microphone
- Dual-array digital microphones
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- Loudspeaker
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- Yes, six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers and Spatial Audio, three-mic array
- 3.5mm jack
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- Yes, with high-impedance headphone support
Body
- Build
- All-aluminium construction, EPEAT Gold with Climate+ certification (recycled metal, ocean-bound plastic)
- Aluminium unibody enclosure, fanless
- Weight
- 1.24 kg (2.74 lb)
- 1.51 kg (3.3 lb)
- Dimensions
- 10.91 mm thick
- 340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm (13.40 x 9.35 x 0.45 in)
- Keyboard
- Backlit; large haptic trackpad
- Not listed
Features
- Security
- Google Titan C2 security chip, fingerprint reader, facial recognition unlock
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- Cooling
- Vapor chamber thermal system
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- Extras
- Glowbar ambient light strip; Gemini AI built into the OS; Magic Pointer, Quick Access, Cast My Apps; supports up to two external UHD monitors
- Backlit Magic Keyboard, Force Touch trackpad
- Sensors
- Not listed
- Touch ID, ambient light sensor
Battery
- Capacity
- 70 Wh, 4-cell Li-ion
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- Life
- Up to 19 hours
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- Type
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- Li-Po 66.5 Wh (non-removable), up to 18 h video streaming / 15 h web
- Charging
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- 40W dynamic adapter (60W max) in box; fast charge with 70W USB PD
Misc
- Colors
- Atmospheric Blue
- Sky Blue, Silver, Starlight, Midnight
- Extras
- Includes 12 months of Google AI Pro
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Network
- Technology
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- Wi-Fi only
Selfie camera
- Single
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- 12 MP Center Stage camera with Desk View support
- Video
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- 1080p
Comms
- WLAN
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- Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), Apple N1
- Bluetooth
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- 6, Thread
- USB
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- 2x Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C (40 Gbps, charging, DisplayPort), MagSafe 3; two external displays at 6K@60Hz or one at 8K@60Hz
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