Acer Swift Air 16 laptop weighs less than 1kg, with a 16-inch screen, up to 32GB memory, and up to 1TB storage

Acer Swift Air 16 IPS model weighs just 990g, making it lighter than a Big Mac meal
Offers AMD Ryzen AI 300 processors with Radeon graphics and up to 32GB memory
The lightweight device features a small 50Wh battery with quoted 13 hours of video playback

Acer has announced the Swift Air 16, a 16-inch Copilot+ PC laptop that weighs less than 1kg. The company presented the device at IFA 2025 in Berlin as part of its thin-and-light Swift family.

The Swift Air 16 is powered by AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 Series processors paired with integrated Radeon graphics.

The magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis helps place the new device among the lightest laptops available.

Lighter than a Big Mac meal

Two display options are available. Users can choose a 2880 x 1800 AMOLED panel with 120Hz refresh and 100% DCI-P3 color support, or a 1920 x 1200 IPS display with 60Hz refresh. Both share the same 16:10 aspect ratio.

Acer says the IPS version, with a slim profile of just 15.9mm, comes in at a little under 2.2lb / 990g, while the AMOLED model is slightly heavier at 1.1kg.

The lighter model weighs less than a McDonald’s Big Mac meal, which with the burger, medium Coke and fries comes in at about 2.27lb / 1030g in the United States.

Memory is offered up to 32GB of LPDDR5, with storage up to 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD.

The laptop also features a 2MP IR camera with privacy shutter, dual microphones, and stereo speakers.

Connectivity includes two USB-C ports, one USB-A port, HDMI 1.4, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.4.

Acer has fitted the Swift Air 16 with a disappointingly small 50Wh battery, which is less than those in some competing large-screen ultrabooks.

The company lists a maximum of 13 hours video playback, although actual figures will depend on workload and configuration so you might end up tethered to a wall outlet for more time than you might like.