Ahead of IFA 2026, Acer has announced several new laptops, gaming handhelds, and other PCs, and more hardware devices.
Here’s what’s new.
Acer Vero 16. This premium 16-inch laptop is powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” processors, up to 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and up to 512 GB of PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD storage, and can be configured with a Full HD+ (1920 x 1200) or 2.8K (2880 x 1800) display panel. It will ship in the first quarter of 2027 with pricing TBD.
Acer Swift Air. This 16-inch thin and light laptop is powered by Intel Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake” processors, up to 16 GB of LPDDR5x RAM, and up to 1 TB of PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD storage. There are Full HD+ (1920 x 1200) and 2.8K (2880 x 1800) display panel choices and some fun colors. The Swift Air 16 will be available in the first quarter of 2027.
Acer Swift Blade 14. This Intel Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake”-based thin and light laptop weighs just 1.8 pounds and can be configured with up to 12 GB of LPDDR5-6400 RAM, and up to 1 TB of PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD storage. You get Full HD+ (1920 x 1200) and 2.8K (2880 x 1800) display panel choices and it will ship in December 2026 with pricing TBD.
Acer Predator Atlas 7. This new gaming handheld is powered by Intel Arc G-series processors, Intel Arc B-series graphics, up to 24 GB of LPDDR5x RAM, up to 1 TB of PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD storage, and a 7-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS display panel. It ships this month.
Acer SFF RTX Spark. IFA 2026 will be a coming out party for Nvidia RTX Spark-based Windows 11 on Arm PCs, and though most of them are laptops, Acer is showing off this small form factor (SFF) mini-workstation. It’s powered by up to a 6,144-core Blackwell RTX GPU, up to a 20-core NVIDIA Grace CPU, up to 1 petaflop of AI compute, and up to 128 GB of unified memory. Availability will be announced at a future date, Acer says.
Acer Veriton RI110 AI Mini Workstation.This NUC-like PC is powered by an Intel Core Ultra Series X7 385H “Panther Lake” processor, Intel Arc B390 graphics, up to 96 GB of dual-channel LPDDR5X RAM, and up to 4 TB of M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage. It will ship in the fourth quarter of 2026.
There’s more. Acer announced that it is bringing back the Packard Bellbrand with a crazy assortment of products that includes a turntable, a speaker, a 4G feature phone, a ring light for creators, a keyboard and mouse set, and more. There are <a href="https://news.acer.com/acer-announces-new-epaper-and-triple-display-monitors” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>new ePaper and triple-display monitors for laptops, and a 1000 Hz 31.5-inch display for gamers. And there’s even a Predator ES Thunder Pro e-Scooter.
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