The world's biggest computing tech show, Computex 2025, has now begun - and once again we are on the ground in Taipei, Taiwan to bring you all the latest news, reviews and opinions on all the coolest gadgets, laptops, components, and more.
Some of the biggest names in computing, including Nvidia, AMD and Qualcomm, have already held their keynote presentations - and in this live blog we'll be reporting direct from the event, so you'll get the very latest updates on what the future holds for laptops, PCs, networking and much more.
A key theme of this year's Computex event is Artificial Intelligence (AI), so we expect a lot of companies will take the opportunity to show how putting AI in their products will help improve our lives. Will it finally convince consumers that AI laptops are worth buying? Hopefully, we'll find out this week.
Keep this page bookmarked to find out all the latest consumer and B2B news and launches from Computex 2025.
Matt Hanson reporting in! I've arrived in Taipei and ready to see what Computex 2025 has in store.
If you're wondering what I'm looking forward to seeing at Computex 2025, then check out my article on what I expect to see. Spoiler alert: I think there's going to be A LOT of AI.
First stop is visiting Acer's pre-Computex preview. The company announced all of its new devices a few days ago, and now I get a chance to see them in the flesh.
I'm currently taking a look at the Acer Swift X 14 - a great looking thin and light laptop with an OLED screen that looks fantastic in real life. It comes with the latest Intel Core Ultra chips (up to an Ultra 9), and can even fit in an Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU.
That's pretty impressive for such a thin laptop - I can easily hold it in one hand. This isn't a gaming laptop, however, and is more aimed at content creators and digital creatives.
Always good to see a laptop for creatives that comes with a microSD slot.
There's also the Acer Swift X 14 AI. As far as I can tell, it's pretty much identical to the Swift X 14, but with AMD processors instead - up to an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365.
Here's the Swift Go 16 AI. Has a 2K OLED display and an Intel Core Ultra CPU capable of 120 TOPS (essentially how good the NPU is at AI tasks). Most Copilot+ PCs at the moment offer around 40 TOPS (trillion operations per second), so this should be quite a bit faster at on-device AI tasks.
Will anyone care though?
One thing I really like about this laptop is that the touchpad features quick-access icons to launch apps, mute the volume and more. It's a nice touch.
Touch... get it?
This is the Swift Edge 14 AI. It's main selling point (apart from the AI features, again this comes with an Intel CPU capable of 120 TOPS), is it's ultra-light weight.
It's less than 1KG and feels really light. You'd hardly notice carrying it around with you. This comes at a slight cost, as it feels a bit cheaper than some of the other laptops here. But, as with the LG gram lineup of laptops, the fact you get a powerful laptop that feels so light is really impressive. Definitely one to look out for.
Right, going to move on from the Swift laptops for a while and take a look at Acer's Predator lineup of gaming laptops.
Look at these beauties. We have the Nitro 18 AI (notice a trend?), which comes with up to an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor, up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070Ti GPU, and 2560 x 1600 18-inch screen.
I played a bit of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on it, as you'd expect with an RTX 5070Ti GPU, it runs brilliantly at 1440p.
We also have the Nitro 16S AI (above) and the Nitro 16 AI (below). I wonder what the S stands for...
All of these laptops come with liquid metal thermal grease to keep them cool when gaming. It's a noisy environment here so can't really tell if they are loud. There doesn't seem to be any noticable fan noise.
OK, so figured out the 'S' means 'slim'. The Nitro 16S AI is less than 19.9mm thick. However, I don't see too much difference between that and the standard Nitro 16 AI (on the left).
It might be quite hard to see but I placed the Nitro 16 AI on top of the 'S' version and you can see there is a slight difference in thickness. Not enough to justify a much higher price, though.
Next up is the Nitro V 16S AI. This is a more affordable version of the 16S. It has the same 'slim' design, and is a bit lighter than the 16S. However, the GPU choice tops out at an RTX 5070 - still a very good laptop GPU, but not as powerful as the RTX 5070 Ti that the 16S can come with.
I've also had a chance to look at the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI. This gaming laptop can be configured with up to an RTX 5070 Ti GPU and 240Hz OLED screen.
The 'S' in the name again means this is a slim version, and while it's certainly not going to compete with the likes of the MacBook Air, for a gaming laptop it is certainly impressively thin.
What's more eye-catching is the Indiana Jones-themed design on show at the event. I'm not sure if you'll be able to buy it with this, which would be a shame. I'll clarify Acer when I get the chance.
Of course, I had to have a quick play of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and it looks and runs great. The OLED screen is bright and vibrant, and that 240Hz refresh rate means the game feels smooth and responsive.
Here's the Acer Helios Neo 14 AI. It comes with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, 32GB RAM and an RTX 5070 GPU. The 14-inch screen can be configured with an OLED panel.
Again, the AI in the name suggests this is a device capable of artificial intelligence tasks, though I still feel we've not been shown what these AI tasks are and how they help - especially when it comes to gaming PCs. An Acer spokesperson told me that the included software uses AI to optimize the laptop, keeping components cool and prolonging battery life, but these aren't terribly revolutionary features to be honest.
My hunt for a reason to care about AI in laptops continues - and with that I'm going to brave the rain (at least it's very warm here) and go back to my hotel. Stay tuned for more from Computex 2025 from TechRadar's team on the ground.
Ellen Jennings-Trace reporting from Taipei - TechRadar Pro has landed for this year's Computex! First up for Pro is a tour of Synology HQ, with more to come!
Matt Hanson here, and I've arrived at Taipei Music Center for Nvidia's keynote presentation, with CEO Jensen Huang. There's a big crowd for this presentation, and I have a feeling we're going to hear a lot about AI.
Hopefully they'll be some announcements for PC gamers (like me) as well.
What makes me think there's going to be a lot of AI talk at this keynote? Well, there's a few clues dotted around...
Is it just me or does the inside of the Taipei Music Center look a lot like the Nvidia Shield? OK, it's probably just me.
Just spotted this while connecting to the Wi-Fi at the Nvidia keynote. Has a rival snuck in to keep tabs on what Team Green has in store?!
With that, I'm going to hand the live blog over to John Loeffler, our GPU expert who will be listening to what Jensen Huang has to say with great interest.
Good morning from Taipei, folks! This is John Loeffler, Components Editior for TechRadar, kicking off the biggest computing show of the year with live coverage of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's keynote address.
If this keynote is like past Nvidia presentations, I fully expect there to be an overwhelming amount of data center, AI, and industry talk, with not very much time devoted to consumer products like Nvidia GeForce, but i've been surprised before.
With much of the Nvidia Blackwell lineup already announced, we're waiting on news for some more budget-friendly options to make an appearance, but we'll have to wait and see what Huang says starting in about 15 minutes.
It's a fairly packed house for the keynote, and I can tell you its a lot of industry folks. Not consumer graphics kind of industry, mind you, but industrial and finance types. Lots of analyst and exhibitor badges, and given the shakeup in the AI field with the likes of Deepseek, I expect Huang to spend a lot of time making the case that Nvidia hardware is still needed for AI going forward.
OK, here we go.
Have you heard the good news about Tokens?
In fairness to Nvidia here, Computex isn't CES, with the latter being much more consumer product focused, so it's very understandable that this presentation is going to be 98% about industrial applications of advanced Nvidia data center and embedded hardware.
Here's Jensen!
Lots of data center and industry talk right out the gate. Huang tells us that Nvidia donated DGX1 to OpenAI, emphasizing how Nvidia has been the bedrock of the AI industry.
Huang really hitting the point that Nvidia isn't really a technology company anymore, but an AI infrastructure company. Given how many data center GPUs they've been selling, it's very hard to argue with that.
I will have a lot more to say about this later, but I 100% agree with Huang that 'intelligence infrastructure', i.e., AI, is following the exact same trajectory as the internet did in the 1990s.
Nvidia aiming for AI factory infrastructure—an industry measured "in the trillions of dollars", according to Huang—really reiterates my concerns about the future of Nvidia GeForce as a consumer product. With so much emphasis on AI and industrial products and services, how much time and resources will continue to be invested in making the best graphics cards generation after generation?
LOL, speak of the devil. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 is here.
So about 90% of Nvidia's keynotes are now non-GeForce, but "Nvidia has many children," Huang. The Nvidia RTX 5060 'reveal' section of the keynote lasted less than a minute though, and we didn't get any real discussion of the RTX 5060 either. Honestly, Huang spent more time talking about the RTX 5060 GPU in the MSI laptop he was holding than the graphics card in his other hand. He might have mentioned the manufacturer of the graphics card he was holding and I missed it, but I don't think he did.
Nvidia GeForce might be one of Nvidia's children, but it's clearly less favored than it used to be.
Again, Computex is not nearly as consumer focused as CES, but woof, if you blinked, you'd have missed the announcement of Nvidia's new graphics card.
I know I keep harping on how little GeForce is talked about during these keynotes, but I think that gamers deserve a little more attention than Nvidia's been giving them. Nvidia's graphics cards are generally fantastic products, and gamers who've been buying them for more than two decades helped provide the stable and profitable foundation for Nvidia to develop the advanced AI technology that has turned it into a multi-trillion dollar company.
As Huang just explained, so much AI and data center infrastructure is being built now that it's hard to really wrap your head around, but as he says "The more you buy, the more you build."
If you haven't gotten the chance yet, you should check out our RTX 5060 preview, where my colleague Christian Guyton got an advanced, extended look at the new graphics card.
I'm dead. Huang just said that the new Nvidia RTX Pro enterprise and omniverse server racks are so powerful that they could even run Crysis.
Let me tell you that the dead silence in the room as hundreds of industry analysts and professionals wondered what the hell Jensen meant by that was the highlight of the keynote for me.
"I guess there are no GeForce gamers in the room," Huang said.
It got a chuckle out of me and Matt, though.
Our TR Pro colleagues have their work cut out for them today, let me tell you...
It looks like we're coming close to the end of Jensen Huang's keynote. Huang is bringing things back around to the importance of Taiwan in the AI industry.
This hasn't been a very well-kept secret, but it looks like Huang is closing out his keynote with the announcement of Nvidia Constellation, Nvidia's brand new global headquarters, will be located in Taipei, Taiwan.
Well, that's it for the Nvidia Computex 2025 Keynote. We'll have a lot more to say today and throughout the week as we cover all the latest from Taipei!
Matt Hanson here again, and I'm just waiting for Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm, to start his keynote.
In recent years Qualcomm has become an increasingly important company when it comes to computing thanks to its Snapdragon chips for laptops. It'll be interesting to see what the company announces at Computex 2025.
Before the keynote begins we are being treated to a video about how Qualcomm reinvented the PC.
Hyperbole, possibly, but I have to admit the current generation of Snapdragon-powered laptops are very impressive, especially when it comes to battery life and performance. Oh and they also do AI.
Qualcomm is turning 40 this year, Cristiano Amon announces as he takes the stage.
No new chip announcements, instead Amon wants to talk about AI.
Another video. Over 85 Copilot+ laptops powered by Snapdragon chips.
Video highlights the positive reviews these Snapdragon laptops have been getting. I didn't see TechRadar in the video, but we've been impressed with the models we've tested.
Amon explains how Qualcomm is working with Microsoft, and now we get a video from Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. He mentions Recall, the controversial AI feature that keeps getting delayed. Brave.
Three times the native apps now run on Arm-based Snapdragon than when they launched. There's also over 50 NPU-powered features, according to Amon. 'The future is looking very very bright' he says.
Amon mentions the criticisms these laptops had regarding game performance, and now there are 1,500 supportef games. There's clips of Kingdom Come Deliverance II running on Snapdragon.
And new announcement! Fortnite is coming to Snapdragon. Anti-cheat software will now run on Snapdragon Windows laptops, which could see a lot more games that use the software coming to these laptops.
He talks about Epic Games and says 'in Windows, there's no drama with Epic!' - this is a dig at Apple, which is having an ongoing argument with Epic Games over bringing Fortnite (one of the world's most popular games) to iPhones.
Asus Zenbook A14 is being talked about, the world's thinnest Copilot+ PC laptop. Comes with 32 hours of battery life apparently. Impressive!
Amon is talking about how popular these Snapdragon laptops are, and hints at some of the new laptops that are being announced at Computex 2025 from Acer and HP.
Lots of AI mentions, and Amon promises he'll talk about what you can do with AI on Snapdragon laptops. I want him to convince me that AI is worthwhile on laptops.
Qualcomm wants to bring AI to all devices. Yey.
We get a quick look at the HP OmniBook 5 Series laptop, which is being launched here at Computex. Looking forward to giving it a go at some point!
Amon says he's not going to talk about how AI can help consumers (he did that last year), instead how it will change the way people work. Hmmm....
Lots of buzz words about agents and how AI could be the new UI (user interface), which can control your PC by understanding you and what you need.
It's a bit dry this bit but essentially AI will help you create business plans and gather data and process it.
'It's not about cloud or on device [AI]' says Amon. 'It's both.'
It'll be a big change for how we work, apparently, and will increase productivity. For some jobs (especially ones which involve working with lots of data), then I can see this, but for a lot of jobs I'm still not convinced.
I'll be attending a Q&A with Cristiano Amon in a bit, so hopefully he'll explain more about his vision for AI changing our lives. As at the moment, I'm still waiting. I'll hand over this live blog and will add some thoughts later.
Thanks to Synology for showing TechRadar Pro around its HQ, here's an inside look at the server and testing room, featuring Synology's Sale's Director ZP explaining all about it!
Well, Qualcomm didn't give us a new chip announcement this year. But that doesn't mean there's no excitement coming down the pipeline.
Instead, we're looking at September 23, which is not only the date of the Snapdragon Summit event, but also the release date for next-gen Snapdragon X systems-on-a-chip (SoCs).
Speaking of Qualcomm, you'll find Snapdragon X and X Plus chips in the newly-launched HP OmniBook 5 series, and some impressive claims to go along with them. HP puts the battery life for these new OLED laptops at 34 hours, and the price at $799 to start.
Expected launch? July. We'll definitely be taking a closer look at these.
Good morning from Taiwan! It's 8am here, and I (Matt) am attending several roundtables with Qualcomm before I head over to the Computex show floor. As I mentioned before, Qualcomm is becoming an increasingly important player in computing, with some of the best laptops in the world running on its Arm-based Snapdragon X chips.
So, it'll be interesting to hear what the company thinks the future of computing will hold.
The first roundtable session is about to start. Alex Katouzian from Qualcomm will be hosting it, and it'll be about 'Snapdragon Vision: Navigating the Future of MCX'.
Mobile Computing and XR if you are wondering, like I was, what MCX stood for.
The XR element sounds interesting, could we hear about new smart glasses.
Alex Katouzian is starting with data centers. One of the biggest bits of news from yesterday was Qualcomm's entry into this space. Not the most relevant news for us at TechRadar, but it'll be interesting to see how Qualcomm challenges the likes of Intel, AMD and Nvidia.
Katouzian reiterates Qualcomm's aim to make the profits it makes from smartphones, once it's biggest area, just 50% of the business. Computers and automotives will be key to this - though smartphones will remain very important.
'PC is a long game for us' Katouzian says. Aiming for 10% market share.
'The PC market is different - we had to go to market and establish strong relationships with not only PC OEMs, but also retail and commercial outlets.'
Qualcomm is certainly a new name in computing compared to the likes of Intel and AMD, but it's making big strides already, and the company is very ambitious. Will talk about next generation of Snapdragon chips for PCs in the 'next few months' and will launch at the beginning of next year. Exciting!
Now onto headsets like smartglasses, AI assistants could make a big difference with these products, which to be honest haven't really taken off in my view.
Though apparently Meta (company behind Facebook) is expecting sales of its smart glasses to grow by six times.
Multi device experiences will also be key - using smart glasses along with a smartwatch. Lots of businesses will be pushing this. Nice idea, but it'll be expensive for consumers. But Qualcomm wants people to use multiple devices powered by its hardware.
Almost every Android player making wearables is working with Qualcomm according to Katouzian.
I've heard companies, like Sony, talk before about their dream of being behind every device in a person's home. It's never really worked, maybe Apple has got closest with its ecosystem.
Qualcomm, due to how its hardware is already behind so many varied devices, could have the best chance of actually achieving this. The key will be if you have a Snapdragon-powered device from one manufacturer, could you use it with a Snapdragon device from another manufacturer? Qualcomm would love this, no doubt, but other companies might not be too keen.
Interesting note that Qualcomm is talking to Microsoft regarding the Xbox handheld....
Kedar Kondap, SVP & GM, Compute and Gaming, Qualcomm Technologies is now hosting a Q&A session. He's talking about Copilot and how AI agents can make interacting with our PCs easier and more natural.
He uses Copilot every day, mainly to compose emails, but that's not what he wants AI to be used just for that. Me too.
Using AI to generate images and slides is useful, yet is primative, says Kondap. He wants to see it evolve.
AI is a use case that people need to understand, according to Kedar Kondap.
Am I not impressed by AI on laptops so far because I'm not using it correctly? Hmm...
There was a good question put to Kedar Kondap about Qualcomm's responsibility to make sure AI doesn't completely take over from humans (for things like replying to emails, creating art).
Kondap assures that Qualcomm sees humans as crucial, and will always be in control. I'm definitely not the only person in this room who has yet to be convinced by how AI can transform our experience of using a computer.
TechRadar Pro is seated for the Foxconn keynote this morning - and we're listening to Young Liu - CEO of Foxconn and Chairman of the Hon Hai Technology Group. Liu is sharing his 'train of thought' for AI - including digital twin factories, robotic manufacturing, and the NVIDIA powered omniverse.
Liu has shared this rather humble sketch for Foxconn's initial vision for AI manufacturing and smart city platforms - the origins of Foxconn's plans to become a world leader in AI and automated manufacturing. Foxconn has shared its dreams to automate 80% of the manufacturing process, leaving humans to oversee the remaining 20%.
