Samsung’s Galaxy E book 6 collection launches at CES with Intel’s latest chips and a refined design

Along with large TVs, compact projectors, Trifolds and extra, Samsung introduced a brand new household of laptops at CES known as the Galaxy E book 6 collection. The corporate says it’s targeted on what issues and on what you, hopefully, need in your subsequent laptop computer. Meaning Intel’s newest chips, a cleaner design and battery life that lasts longer than a day. They’re actually skinny, too.

Timed alongside Intel’s CES bulletins, the entire Galaxy E book 6 collection options new Panther Lake chips, optimized by Samsung for 3 new laptops: The Galaxy E book 6 Extremely, Galaxy E book 6 Professional and Galaxy E book 6.

The 16-inch Galaxy E book 6 Extremely could be outfitted with as much as Core Extremely X9 processors and guarantees vital efficiency enhancements, with a brand new Fifth-generation MPU, Intel Arc graphics and NVIDIA’s RTX 50 collection GPUs (with RTX 5070 and 5060 choices). That bundle leads Samsung to vow as much as 1.6x larger CPU energy and 1.7x improved graphics efficiency in comparison with the final Galaxy E book collection. (It’s value noting that Samsung skipped an Extremely configuration of the Galaxy E book 5 collection.)

All of the laptops characteristic improved heat-management structure, with a wider vapor chamber and re-engineered followers. On the identical time, the Extremely includes a new dual-path fan to chill the GPU much more effectively and swiftly.

The Galaxy E book 6 Professional will are available 14- and 16-inch variations, with as much as Core Extremely X7 processors and Intel Arc graphics. Each the E book 6 Extremely and Professional have improved AMOLED 2X (2,880 x 1,800) shows with contact, reaching as much as 1000 nits of peak brightness — twice the brightness of the E book 5 Professional. Each fashions help adaptive refresh charges too, going as much as 120Hz.

The E book 6 Extremely has a extra typical laptop computer form, whereas the E book 6 Professional has a teardrop profile, made well-known by the MacBook Air. Even when there’s some Apple inspiration, the Samsung laptops look nice. Samsung has eliminated many pointless design components. Though the E book 6 Extremely clings onto a USB-A port, it now (lastly) has a full-size SD card reader, the shortage of which was a significant oversight on earlier laptops.

Samsung has additionally tweaked the keyboard structure, although it’s too early to say whether or not it gives a big enchancment to the typing expertise. It has added haptic trackpads to the Galaxy E book collection for the primary time too, though I discovered the one on my demo unit slightly too hair-trigger delicate to my contact. Fortunately, that’s one thing that may be addressed within the settings.

As you would possibly discover from the images, there are upward-firing audio system on both facet of the keyboard. The E book 6 Extremely has six built-in audio system (4 woofers, two tweeters) and has apparently balanced them symmetrically to scale back noise distortion.

Each laptops are slimmer than their predecessors, too. The Galaxy E book 6 Extremely is 15.4mm thick, whereas the E book 6 Professional is a svelte 11.9mm. Inside, Samsung has additionally enhanced warmth administration, together with a wider vapour chamber and re-engineered followers, to make sure optimum efficiency throughout intensive duties – apparently one other precedence for the E book 6 Sequence. Likewise, battery enclosures and placements have been re-engineered, and Samsung claims the brand new E book 6 Extremely and Professional can every ship as much as 30 hours of video playback. The E book 6 Extremely has the additional advantage of quicker charging, reaching 63% in half-hour.

It would not be a laptop computer launch in 2026 with out AI options. Alongside the E book 6 collection, Samsung highlighted a device that makes use of AI to assist create cut-outs of photos for copy-and-pasting throughout units, in addition to a Be aware Help characteristic to assist collate and summarize your notes.

As is usually the case at CES, Samsung hasn’t but shared pricing or launch dates for the Galaxy E book 6 collection, so count on to listen to extra within the coming months.