The Zenbook 14 OLED has a pair of bottom-firing speakers on either side. By themselves, the speakers sound awful and are also not particularly loud. The Zenbook 14 OLED has a standard TKL layout with each key having a distinct, chiclet-style design. The top row is assigned shortcuts by default but you can access the function keys by pressing the Fn key below. You can also swap the row entirely to function keys and then press Fn to access the shortcuts. The Thunderbolt 4 ports also double as the charging port for the notebook, so it's unfortunate that both of them are on the same side as you are restricted to charging from one side only. Also, since one of them gets reserved for charging, you are effectively left with just one USB-C port.

It’s our mission at ASUS to elevate human interaction with technology to a higher and more intuitive level than ever before. The latest ASUS ErgoSense keyboard and touchpad are engineered to enable an unrivaled input experience that’s in harmony with how you move, feel and touch. Your comfort is our highest priority. That’s why the ErgoSense keyboard has an incredibly satisfying feel, with the optimum bounce and travel calculated with fine-tuned precision. Scrolling on our ErgoSense touchpad is just like touching silk. Its surface has a special low-friction coating that’s also fingerprint resistant, keeping your work area as clean as new. I’m happy to see Asus put good effort into their mainstream lineup of thin-and-light ultrabooks and improve the ZenBook 14s with each generation.

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Another issue I had with the design was the way the display opened. The divot made in the base is too small to provide enough of a lip to lift the display, and your fingers keep slipping on the edge of the screen as you struggle to pry it apart. Once lifted, the display can be opened with one finger without lifting the base with it.

The MyASUS application lets you adjust the fan profile, which in turn also adjusts the performance of the device. There are three modes: Performance, Standard, and Whisper. When it comes to the other options out there, the i9-12900H powered ZenBook 14X does outmatch this ZenBook 14 across the board, and so does the previous-gen Ryzen H ZenBook 14 UM425. Both are higher-power units with more complex thermal designs, though.The Zenbook 14 OLED has a 14-inch, 2880x1800 resolution, 90Hz OLED display. The display supports 10-bit color and HDR10 content. On the other hand, I haven’t noticed any coil whining or other sorts of electronic noises on this ultrabook. Finally, for biometrics, I’ll remind you of the finger-sensor with Hello support included in the power button, and add that an IR camera is no longer included with the 14 series, although it was in the past ZenBook 14 models. Screen If you are just working on small projects with less demanding codecs and resolutions, the transcoding performance here should be sufficient for occasional use. For larger workloads, you should be looking at a workstation laptop or a desktop.

Annoyingly, you cannot have the keyboard light stay on at all times, as it automatically turns itself off after a few seconds of inactivity. For connectivity, there’s the latest-gen WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 through an Intel module on this laptop, which performed well during my time with the laptop. Aesthetically, the major update is the redrawn lid. The iconic pattern of concentric circles spurring from the Asus logo has been replaced with a simplified matte design and a minimalist Asus Zenbook engraving in the bottom corner.Next, here are some benchmark results. We ran the entire suite of tests and benchmarks on the Performance profile on this Core i7-1260P configuration, with the screen set on FHD resolution, for consistency with other laptops tested in the past. Finally, being a glossy panel, reflections and glare is an issue. The panel is very reflective and can be hard to see in bright environments, even if the display itself is pretty bright. The model I have here features the Intel Core i7-1260P, intended for thin and light ultrabooks with some focus on performance. Other features include a 90Hz 1800p OLED display, 16GB memory, up to 1TB NVMe storage, dual Thunderbolt connectivity, and a 75Wh battery. Design

Finally, our sample did well on battery, stabilizing at around 20W of power on the Performance mode, after some variations. W (6-7 h of use) – Netflix fullscreen in Edge, Normal + Better Battery Mode, screen at 60%, Wi-Fi ON; Our test model is a top-specced configuration of the 2022 Asus ZenBook 14, code name UX3402ZA, with an Intel Core i7-1260P processor and Intel Iris Xe graphics, 16 GB of LPDDR5-4800 memory, and a middling 512 GB gen4 SSD.Update: Here’s our coverage of the 2023 Asus ZenBook 14 and ZenBook 14 Flip updates. Design and construction The viewing angles are decent. OLED panels don't have luminance shifts when viewed off-angle but there is a visible change in color temperature, with off-angles looking much cooler than head-on. It's not a major issue but something to keep in mind while doing color-sensitive work. Also included is the Intel Xe integrated graphics, which is the only GPU on this machine. It has a max frequency of 1.4GHz. The competition in the ultrabooks space is harsher than ever, with lineups such as the Acer Swift 3, Apple Macbook Air, LG Gram 14, or the Lenovo Slim 7 offering excellent value in the lower to mid-level price categories, and premium alternatives such as the Dell XPS 13 Plus, Lenovo Yoga 9i or the Microsoft Surface Laptop offering a few extras in the upper tier segments. Here’s what we got in our battery life tests, with the screen’s brightness set at around 120 nits (~60 brightness).