LG updates its Gram laptop computer line forward of CES 2025

LG’s Gram laptops are again for an additional spherical of updates forward of CES 2025. A decade into the thin and light lineup’s existence in LG’s portfolio, the most recent fashions load up on AI (shock!) and enhance efficiency whereas sustaining their trademark portability.

4 new fashions are launching at CES: two variants of the Gram Professional, a brand new Gram Professional 2-in-1 and the entry-level Gram E-book. The primary model of the Gram Professional has an Intel Core H-series (Arrow Lake) processor below the hood for extra conventional laptop computer duties (together with some gaming). A second mannequin makes use of an Intel Core Extremely V-series (Lunar Lake) chip for AI duties. The latter is a Microsoft Copilot+ PC with all of the AI goodies anticipated from that line, together with Recall, Reside Captions, Cocreator and Home windows Studio Results.

Even in case you don’t go for the Copilot+ variant, you’ll nonetheless get LG’s AI options in many of the new fashions (all however the Gram E-book). These are break up into two camps: on-device and cloud-processed AI duties. On-device options embrace a scaled-down chatbot derived from LG’s EXAONE massive language mannequin. It additionally provides LG’s Time Journey, a characteristic just like Microsoft’s Recall that may name up net pages, paperwork, movies and audio recordsdata you’ve visited or used. It’s unclear if or how LG’s model will keep away from the privateness pitfalls Microsoft ran into with Recall.

The cloud-based AI options embrace Gram Chat Cloud, a extra strong chatbot (powered by GPT-4o) that may combine along with your calendar and electronic mail providers.

The Gram Professional has a 17-inch (Arrow Lake) or 16-inch (Lunar Lake) display screen with a 2,560 x 1,600 LCD display screen. Its variable refresh charge maxes out at 144Hz. Each variants have as much as 32GB (LPDDR5X Max 8,400MHz, Twin Channel) of RAM and 2TB of storage.

The Arrow Lake mannequin ought to make for a strong gaming laptop computer with RTX 4050 graphics. The AI / Lunar Lake mannequin solely has built-in Intel graphics. However at the least the latter is lighter and thinner, weighing 2.73 kilos. in comparison with the Arrow Lake mannequin’s 3.26 kilos.

LG snagged a CES 2025 Innovation Award for the most recent Gram Professional 2-in-1. The highest-line configuration has a 16-inch display screen with a 2,880 x 1,800 OLED show (120Hz variable refresh charge); cheaper variants are restricted to a 2,560 x 1,600 LCD (144Hz VRR). The two-in-1 ships with a wirelessly rechargeable stylus and — as its title suggests — might be folded again into pill mode.

Lastly, the Gram E-book is an entry-level mannequin LG is launching “to increase its US market presence.” Its display screen is a extra compromised 1,920 x 1,080 15.6-inch LCD at a mere 60Hz. Its Intel Core i5 CPU with built-in Intel graphics and a most of 16GB of RAM mix to make it essentially the most underpowered of the bunch. It’s additionally the heaviest at 3.75 kilos.

Sadly, we don’t know the way “entry-level” it’s: LG hasn’t but introduced pricing info (or launch dates) for any of the brand new laptops.