Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype

When Framework launches a new laptop, it usually takes the opportunity to put out some other refinements to its designs. Although its updates for the Framework Laptop 16 aren’t as significant as the changes to the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro, they address a number of complaints and requests that will make the upgradeable workstation look and function better. The Laptop 16 is getting one new CPU option, though it’s in the same Ryzen AI 300 chip family that Framework used in its late-2025 refresh. The six-core Ryzen AI 5 340 option slots in below the eight-core Ryzen AI 7 350 configuration, and it brings the Laptop 16’s current starting price down to $1,599 for a pre-built system or $1,249 for a DIY Edition (down from $1,799 and $1,499, respectively). Continued RAM or storage price increases could eventually reduce or nullify those savings, but they’re available for now. Many of the Laptop 16’s other upgrades are primarily cosmetic. One is a new “Translucent Smoke Gray Bezel” option, which joins the existing black, orange, and lavender bezels. More significantly, both the keyboard section and the trackpad area are now being offered as single pieces, rather than as modular sections that you need to augment with additional modules or spacers to create a complete top case. The new trackpad module also uses the new MacBook-esque haptic trackpad from the Framework Laptop 13 Pro. Both the one-piece keyboard and touchpad can be preordered today and will be available in June.