- Three different lines with Chromebooks come from Acer
- Prices range from € 329 (approximately $ 430 / £ 275) to € 729 (approx. $ 800 / £ 610)
- Accessibility begins in May, when some come later in July 2025
Acer has announced seven new Chromebook -bearable computers in its extensive range of affordable productivity and media machines.
Acer Chromebook Plus and Acer Chromebook plus Enterprise devices announced in a press release were described as being the “ideal choice for tech lovers, young professionals, students and teachers”.
All seven of the newly announced Acer Chromebook models have Google AI built-in, and it is claimed that the machines have “double speed, memory and storage” when “compared to previous models”.
Prices range from € 329 (about $ 430 / £ 275) to € 729 (approx. $ 800 / £ 610) with Acer Chromebook tab 311 at the lower end and Acer Chromebook plus Enterprise 514 at the top end of the spectrum. Accessibility begins in May to July 2025, when official US and British prices and accessibility are likely to be revealed closer to the time.
From the Acer Chromebook Plus series, it includes three new laptops, all with Intel Core Ultra processors inside. The mainstream offer is Acer Chromebook plus 514, with an Intel Core 3 N355 processor, a 14-inch Wuxga screen and a 1080p webcam. A version is also available with an Intel Core 7 processor, a QHD (1440p) webcam and an alleged 17 hour battery life.
Acer Chromebook Plus 516 uses a 16-inch Wuxga screen with a 1080p webcam and Google AI inside. All three models come with 12 months value by Google Gemini Advanced, 2TB Sky Storage and other benefits of Google One’s AI Premium Plan by default.
Acer’s Chromebook plus Enterprise Range is also available in three configurations; Enterprise 514 is available with either an Intel Core 3 N355 or Intel Core 7 processor, a 14-inch screen and the choice of either a 1080p or QHD (1440p) webcam.
Acer Chromebook Plus Enterprise 516 also has an Intel Core 7 processor, a 16-inch Wuxga screen and a QHD webcam. The biggest difference seems to be the weight and thickness compared to the plus area, with 3 kg (1.4 kg) in weight and less than 18 mm (0.7 inches) thick.
The last of the newly announced Acer Chromebooks is the revised tab 311 model. Unlike the other models, it is not powered by an Intel Core Ultra CPU, but it tested Medatek Kompanio 520 processor, with 128 GB of storage and up to 8 GB LPDDRX memory.
Despite the lower than specifications, it has a 10.95-inch IPS WUXGA screen, so it will look the part with its humble specifications that are more than enough for the web-based workload in Google Ecosystem.
Chromebooks become more powerful
Acer’s latest lineup could be fast enough to compete with some of the best Chromebooks available in 2025, especially the models that use an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor. Traditionally, Chromebooks are lower end, affordable laptops for children, students and professionals like Chromeos are exclusively web-based, which means that horsepower is not necessarily needed that define MacBooks and Windows-based X86 machines.
With that said, the use of Intel Core Ultra processors means that Acer’s latest Chromebooks will be significantly faster in web browsing, media playback, word processing and other productivity tasks as opposed to the older Intel Celeron and Medatek processors, which we usually see in machines that cost $ 300 / £ 300 to $ 700 / £ 700 from other producers.
With the rough prices revealed together with the availability, it seems that Chromebooks as viable alternatives to Windows and Mac machines will offer more competition. From the specified specifications they sound like good value, but we do not know how they are doing and comparing with their competition before we go practical later in the year.
For where ram-intensive chrome (and chrome browsers) can be, it sounds like a little more force is long too late. While they are probably not competing with the best laptops and best ultrabooks, they sound like solid offers to the wallet -conscious consumer who wants value for money.
