IFA 2026: Acer Announces New Laptops, Gaming Handhelds, and More

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 Bell brand 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 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.