HP’s new Envy lineup of laptops consists of the primary IMAX Enhanced-certified PC, the corporate stated, providing a breather to a line of PCs in any other case marketed at a rising cadre of on-the-go freelancers.
HP’s new Envys will ship in three completely different sizes, with 14-inch, 15.6-inch, and 17.3-inch shows complementing the up to date 13th-gen Intel Core processors inside them. (The 15.6-inch mannequin additionally consists of the choice of Ryzen 7-series chips.) Only the 2 smaller variations are 360-degree convertibles; the 17-inch model is a conventional clamshell. The two 15- and 17-inch Intel-based laptopsship with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPUs inside them, as properly.
Those of us who work at an workplace don’t look like HP’s goal. Instead, the brand new Envy lineup is aimed on the writers, consultants, communications executives, and others engaged on the go in espresso retailers and communal workspaces. “Select” fashions of the brand new Envy lineup might be licensed as IMAX Enhanced, which opens up the potential for watching Disney+ on higher-quality screens, with DTS sound, and an expanded facet ratio. You’ll additionally want a subscription to Disney+, the service which is providing a few of its newest Marvel and Pixar titles utilizing the expertise.
Presumably, which means these Envys will ship with a 4K display, an choice on (solely) the 17.3-inch Envy. Otherwise, customers could have the choice of 1080p IPS shows—save for the 15.6-inch fashions, which is able to embody the choice of an OLED display as properly. OLEDs present superior distinction to their IPS counterparts, because of per-pixel lighting; when the show supervisor requests a black pixel, the pixel can truly be turned off solely.
The new Envys additionally embody a pair of Thunderbolt 4 ports, providing growth capabilities as much as a pair of 4K shows through a Thunderbolt dock. The Ryzen variations, although, embody simply USB-C ports.
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In a approach, nonetheless, the IMAX certification is admittedly only a distraction from quite a lot of particular enhancements that don’t seem on different PCs. Take videoconferencing, for instance: HP Presence 2.0 begins with options we’ve seen elsewhere—digital backgrounds, backlight adjustment, and auto framing—one thing we’re beginning to see in gadgets just like the Surface Pro 9 (5G), with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip inside.
HP has prolonged this to skin-color correction, with touches you would possibly see in projectors: auto-alignment and keystone alignment, for instance, so a digicam centered on a presentation will align it correctly. HP additionally makes use of the digicam to place your Envy into sleep mode when you stroll away, and to acknowledge you in your return, one thing we’ve seen from laptop computer makers like Dell for a while.
Cameras are additionally utilized in yet one more attention-grabbing tweak: multi-camera displays. HP Presence can “mix” your laptop computer’s digicam with a standalone digicam, in order that presentation software program like Teams or Zoom can see a video of you and a whiteboard, mixed collectively right into a single enter. That’s a nifty tweak on what’s develop into a relatively commonplace operate, and one which could profit from an excellent standalone webcam. Virtually the entire new Envys embody a 5Mpixel depth digicam to log you in; the exception is the 14-inch mannequin, which makes use of a fingerprint reader as an alternative. (A standalone Windows Hello webcam will remedy that drawback.)
When not in use, the HP Envy’s digicam may be manually blocked through a guide digicam shutter; HP can also be one of many few producers to incorporate the choice of disabling the mic for added privateness. You can try this with a devoted mic toggle, with an LED indicator to verify your selection.
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The two smaller Envys, as 360-degree convertibles (aka two-in-ones), additionally ship with the HP Rechargeable Tilt Pen, an MPP 2.0 stylus that now magnetically attaches to the aspect of the laptop computer. The pen ships with two completely different pen ideas, and may last as long as a 12 months in standby, HP stated.
We’ve summarized the specs under. Note that there’s a distinction in battery life between the Ryzen and Core fashions; the Envy with a Ryzen inside ought to final about 13.5 hours of blended utilization, whereas the Core model ought to have a battery lifetime of 15 hours, HP says.
HP stated that the 14-inch HP Envy x360 is accessible now for $849.99. The 15-inch might be out there later this month for $949.99 and up, whereas the 17-inch will ship in May for $1,149.99.
HP Envy x360 14-inch 2-in-1 primary options
Processor: Intel Core i5-1335U, Core i7-1355U
Display: 14-inch (1920×1080) IPS, 245 nits
Memory: 8-16GB DDR4-3200
Storage: 512GB PCIe Gen4 NVMe, 512GB-1TB NVMe M.2 SSD
Graphics: Iris Xe
Ports: 10Gbps USB-C (Power Delivery, DisplayPort), 2.5Gbps USB-A, HDMI 2.1, microSD, headphone jack
Security: Fingerprint reader
Camera: 5Mpixel
Battery: 43Wh
Wireless: Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+ AX211), Bluetooth 5.3
Audio: Bang & Olufsen, HP Audio Boost
Operating system: Windows 11 Home/Pro
Dimensions: 12.68 x 8.3 x 0.75 inches
Weight: 3.3lbs
Colors: Natural Silver
Price: $849.99 at HP.com
HP Envy x360 15.6-inch 2-in-1 (Intel Core) primary options
Processor: Intel Core i5-1335U, Core i7-1355U
Display: 15.6-inch (1920×1080) OLED 500 nits; 1920×1080 IPS, 400 nits; 1920×1080 IPS, 250 nits
Memory: 8-16GB LPDDR5-5200
Storage: 512GB/1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD, 256GB/512GB/1TB NVMe M.2 SSD
Graphics: Iris Xe / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 (4GB GDDR6)
Ports: Two Thunderbolt 4, 10Gbps USB-A (Charging), two 10Gbps USB-A, HDMI 2.1, microSD, headphone jack
Security: Windows Hello depth digicam
Camera: 5Mpixel
Battery: 55Wh
Wireless: Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+ AX211), Bluetooth 5.3
Audio: Bang & Olufsen, HP Audio Boost
Operating system: Windows 11 Home/Pro
Dimensions: 14.07 x 8.99 x 0.72 inches
Weight: 3.90-4.13lbs (non-OLED/OLED)
Colors: Natural Silver, Nightfall Black
Price: ?
HP Envy x360 15.6-inch 2-in-1 (AMD Ryzen) primary options
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7730, Ryzen 5 7530U
Display: 15.6-inch (1920×1080) OLED 500 nits; 1920×1080 IPS, 250 nits
Memory: 8-16GB LPDDR4x-4266
Storage: 256GB/512GB/1TB NVMe M.2 SSD
Graphics: Radeon Graphics
Ports: Two 10Gbps USB-C (Power Delivery, DisplayPort), two 5Gbps USB-A, HDMI 2.1, microSD, headphone jack,
Security: Windows Hello depth digicam
Camera: 5Mpixel
Battery: 65Wh
Wireless: Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+ AX211), Bluetooth 5.3
Audio: Bang & Olufsen, HP Audio Boost
Operating system: Windows 11 Home/Pro
Dimensions: 14.07 x 8.99 x 0.72 inches
Weight: 3.90-4.13lbs (non-OLED/OLED)
Colors: Natural Silver, Nightfall Black
Price: ?
HP Envy x360 17-inch 2-in-1 primary options
Processor: Intel Core i7-1355U/Core i5-13500H/Core i7-13700H
Display: 17.3-inch (3840×2160) IPS 400 nits; 1920×1080 IPS, 300 nits (contact or non-touch)
Memory: 8-16GB LPDDR5-5200
Storage: 512GB/1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD, 256GB/512GB/1TB NVMe M.2 SSD
Graphics: Iris Xe / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 (4GB GDDR6)
Ports: Two Thunderbolt 4, 10Gbps USB-A (Charging), 10Gbps USB-A, two 10Gbps USB-A, HDMI 2.1, microSD, headphone jack,
Security: Fingerprint reader
Camera: 5Mpixel
Battery: 55Wh
Wireless: Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+ AX211), Bluetooth 5.3
Audio: Bang & Olufsen, HP Audio Boost
Operating system: Windows 11 Home
Dimensions: 15.59 x 10.18 x 0.77 inches
Weight: 5.50lbs
Colors: Natural Silver
Price: ?