HP announced new laptop branding last year at CES, but for the most part, it just slapped new names on old designs. The new OmniBook models looked like outgoing Pavilions. OmniBook X units took the shape of older Envys. And there was little to distinguish the flagship OmniBook Ultra from the previous Spectre. Today at CES 2026, HP finally added new designs to go with its new(ish) laptop names, overhauling the entire OmniBook series.
HP also announced an update to its OmniStudio all-in-one with an Neo:LED display, Thunderbolt Share and a tilting Surface View webcam.
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New OmniBook look
At the top of HP's OmniBook line of consumer laptops sits the OmniBook Ultra 14, and it no longer looks like the former Spectre it replaces. Made from forged anodized aluminum, the OmniBook Ultra 14 offers stunning looks and cuts an impressively thin profile. HP says it's the "world's slimmest consumer notebook with the fastest AI performance."
For the slim submission, HP says the OmniBook Ultra 14 is just 0.29 inches in front, 0.42 inches in the back, reaching a maximum height of 0.55 inches somewhere between each edge. I didn't have a ruler with me when I saw it, but I can say that it looked like one of the thinnest laptops I've seen.
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At 2.81 pounds, it's not heavy, but HP isn't making any claims about it being one of the lightest 14-inch laptops in the world. I don't mind the average weight because it comes with a feeling of toughness. The chassis felt rigid when I picked it up, and HP says it passed 20 MIL-STD tests for durability.
The OmniBook Ultra 14 offers both Intel Core Ultra Series 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processors, and that brings us to the AI assertion. Outfitted with a Snapdragon X2 Elite, the OmniBook Ultra 14 will have an 85 TOPS NPU to power through local AI workloads. That's nearly double the 45 TOPS of Qualcomm's first Snapdragon X Elite chips.
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