Asus has gone big with the 2026 refresh of its Zenbooks, not least by being the first to market with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chipset, basically the most powerful consumer chip Qualcomm offers right now. It's a beast of a laptop under the hood, then, but a lightweight one despite that.
I've had the Zenbook A16 (2026) for a couple of weeks now, and it's impressed me in a fair few ways as I've tested it, albeit with a couple of caveats that are worth exploring. So, how does it stack up against the (Intel-shaped) competition in an increasingly competitive laptop scene? Keep reading to find out.
