It wasn't just Acer, ASUS and Dell that made big computing announcements at CES this year. HP also unveiled its lineup for the year ahead, and it's a comprehensive refresh of the company's consumer range.
Starting with the HP OmniBook Ultra 14, which HP claims is the world's slimmest consumer notebook with the fastest AI performance. It's powered by either an HP-exclusive Snapdragon X2 Elite variant with 85 NPU TOPS or Intel's next-gen Core Ultra processors, giving buyers a choice between optimised content creation performance or graphics-heavy AI workloads.
The Ultra 14 is 52% lighter than the previous generation and 5% thinner than the 13-inch 2025 MacBook Air (M4), while still managing to pack up to a 3K OLED display.
It's been through 20 military-standard tests for durability, and HP has included a new posture detection feature that monitors whether you're slouching or sitting at an awkward angle, encouraging better ergonomic habits.
For the home office crowd, there's the HP OmniStudio X 27, an all-in-one PC that HP claims is the world's first Neo:LED AIO with dual 100% colour coverage. It's powered by Intel's Core Ultra 7 processor with an optional NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 GPU.
The OmniStudio X 27 is the first consumer AIO to include Thunderbolt Share, letting you seamlessly connect and control a laptop alongside the AIO with one keyboard and mouse. For professionals who use a laptop for client meetings during the day and want to work on a bigger screen at night, this could potentially be useful.
There's also something called SurfaceView, which lets you tilt the camera down to share a top-down view of your desk during video calls. Whether you actually want to show people the state of your workspace is another question entirely.
Upgraded OmniBooks
The entire OmniBook lineup is getting refreshed with options for AMD Ryzen AI, Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X2 processors across multiple series.
The OmniBook X Series is aimed at tech-savvy professionals and freelancers who need stylish flexibility with powerful performance.
The OmniBook 7 Series positions itself as a productivity powerhouse with Windows Studio Effects for professional video calls and audio tuning by Poly Studio.
The OmniBook 5 Series targets families, students and professionals on the move with responsive AI performance and OLED displays in a slim aluminium design.
Then there's the OmniBook 3 Series, designed for people looking to simplify their everyday life with AI performance at a better price point.
The OmniBook 3 16, in particular, is making an eyebrow-raising claim: up to 45 hours of battery life for local video playback with the Snapdragon X chip.
Chromebook updates
HP's Chromebook lineup is also getting updates. The ChromebookPlus x360 14 gets a 360° hinge and 2K display in a rugged drop-tested design, while the standard Chromebook Plus 14 offers a more traditional clamshell form factor with up to eight hours of battery life.
The standard Chromebook x360 14 and Chromebook 14 round out the range with more budget-friendly options.
All HP consumer PCs launching at CES will include HP's new Digital Passport hub, plus two new tools: HP Omni+ for cross-platform password management, and HP TV+ for curated free streaming content built right into the PC.
Whether these are genuinely useful or just more bloatware remains to be seen.
Local pricing will be available from February 2026.
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