Honor introduced the MagicBook Art 14 globally at the Internationale Funkostellung (IFA Berlin) 2024 last week. At the same event, the company unveiled the Honor MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon. Initially, the MagicBook Art 14 laptop was launched in China with an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU. The latest version is powered by the Snapdragon X Elite chipset, which enables several on-device AI features. Most of the specifications of the new MagicBook Art 14 laptop remain the same as the existing model.
The company confirmed that the Snapdragon variant of the MagicBook Art 14 will soon be available for purchase in select European countries like Germany, France, and Italy. Pricing or an exact timeline for availability has not been revealed yet. Honor also did not confirm whether the MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon will launch in China or other regions.
Honor MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon Features
The Honor MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon Edition, as the name suggests, is powered by the Snapdragon X Elite chipset. The laptop comes with support for Honor MagicRing which allows to automatically connect multiple devices using the same Honor account. For example, the same set of keyboard and mouse can be used simultaneously across connected devices. The company claims that with this feature, users can receive calls and notifications on the connected device or use the paired smartphone’s camera as a PC webcam.
Honor MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon’s on-device AI features include Honor AI Agent. The company says it’s an always-on personal assistant that uses “language analysis and UI awareness technology” to learn from users’ habits and device environment to “make intelligent decisions on different apps and services ” Honor is said to have demonstrated “how to find and cancel unwanted app subscriptions across multiple apps” using voice commands at the IFA 2024 event where the laptop was unveiled.
The company says that another AI feature found in Honor MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon is AI Deepfake Detection. The technology is said to use a number of complex algorithms to help users “distinguish between genuine media and deceptive alterations, accurately identifying manipulated content”. Notably, this technology was first showcased by Honor at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2024 in June.
The Honor MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon is confirmed to have a 14.6-inch FullView touch display with a 3.1K resolution. The thickness of the laptop is 1 cm (10 mm) and it weighs 1 kg. Other features are expected to be similar to the Intel version, which starts at CNY 7,799 (roughly Rs. 89,800) in China.
