LG 2026 Models

[John Ratsey]

LG's press announcement prior to CES 2026 focussed on a new lightweight material they have called Aerominum to achieve "a more portable, durable and premium design", "This innovative material reduces the laptop’s weight while reinforcing its structural strength." Initially, notebooks with this material will only be sold in the North American market. See also https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/lgs-aerominum-gram-pro-laptops-feel-impossibly-light-and-strong-200317743.html. I wonder if the new material is less expensive than magnesium.

 

The press release and CES only included two models: The 17Z90UR with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 GPU and the 16Z90U with a 2880 x 1800 OLED display (will that be the display sold in this 2025 model or something different?). We can expect that other versions will also be refreshed with Panther Lake CPUs.

 

Searching the internet for "1LG 6Z90U" or "LG 17Z90U" doesn't reveal many other clues about the 2026 models. The only link which showed up is this.

 

[skipper]

The journalist of Engadget just parrots the old bull... of Grams being too flexible and not sturdy, since 2021 the flex has diminished significantly. The upgrades, apart from the processors and the aerominum marketing jargon look minimal. The 16in look exactly like my Pro, same case and port placement. And no huge gain in weight despite the aerominum story.

[RS4]

First ad: 

 

 

 

 

The new colours/finishes hanging on the wall behind LG rep at CES, timestamped at 16:19