LG will be back at CES 2026 with a new lineup of barely-there Gram laptops, and, unsurprisingly, it’s still all about being as light as humanly possible.
The big change this year is a new material LG cooked up called Aerominum. It’s basically their answer to the long-running problem of ultra-light laptops feeling a little flimsy. LG says Aerominum makes the chassis lighter and stronger, with better scratch resistance and military-grade durability, while still keeping that elegant brushed metal look. In theory, it should survive being tossed into a backpack way better than older Grams.
AI is also having a moment here (when is it not having a moment?). Some of the 2026 Gram models come with what LG calls dual AI, meaning there’s on-device AI that works offline plus cloud-based AI for when you’re connected to the internet. They’re also Copilot+ PCs, and LG adds its own Gram chat AI, which is powered by the EXAONE 3.5 small language model. We haven’t tried it yet, but the promise is faster, more private AI help for everyday stuff like writing and organizing.
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The most intriguing model is probably the LG Gram Pro 17, which the company is dubbing the “world’s lightest 17-inch RTX laptop.” It’s no slouch in the performance department, either given what’s inside its housing. Speaking of, you’re getting a 17-inch 2560×1600 LCD display, an RTX 5050 GPU, and 8GB of GDDR7 memory.
If 17-inches feels like overkill, LG is also rolling out the Gram Pro 16. It’s being touted as the lightest 16-inch laptop with both on-device and cloud AI, and it swaps the LCD for a higher-res OLED panel, making it the more practical pick for most people.
LG also made syncing with Gram Link way easier. You can now move files between your PC, phone, or LG TV with relative ease.
Unfortunately, we don’t know prices or when these laptops will hit stores yet, but we’ve gone ahead and pinged LG. We also don’t know the weights, which is a little strange because that’s kind of a big selling point here… but I digress.
