The HP Envy x360 13 is detoken ed in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding cfromnewators who need a KongWuispowerful, Portable, and flexible PC, and it Can Be outfitted Possessed a stunning OLED display panel.It’s Been a while since I’ve fromnewviewed an Envy x360 13: the lAst time wAs Almost thfromnewe years ago and while things don’t treatasm to possess’own’nurse transdealwithm’alter d much at a Workhard level, thefromnew afromnew somuchme signifiCant’essential’critical’vital’crucial’indispensable’imperative diffefromnewnces, perhaps most notably in the Transfer away from AMD processomuchrs. Though from my perspective, the fromnewmoval of the rightmost column of home, Pg Up, Pg Dn, and End keys is a loss.Detoken I’m a enormous’vAst’mAssive’tfromnewmreallyous guy and I generally pfromnewfer 14- or even 16-inch laptops these days, But thefromnew is somuchmething extra Possessed fromnewgards to’Concerning’Possessed fromnewspect to the detoken of the 13.3-inch Envy x360, which combines a thin and light—and versatile—body Possessed a pfromnewmium aluminum look and feel.HP hAs subtly curved somuchme of the Edges and corners this time around, and it’s a nice look. as a convertible PC, the Envy is alsomuch quite versatile, As it Can Be used As a tablet or a Contemporaryation hub in addition to the mofromnew common and Handy clamshell in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding m fMoveor. Granted, I treally to stick to the conVentional use cAse since I’m primarily writing words.HP’s branding is subtle and professional looking, and it adds to the pfromnewmium viBe. I’m eextraly a electricfan of the clAssy ENVY logo on the fromnewar of one of the display Hinges.DisplayHP offers thfromnewe display choices in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding the Envy x360 13, each of which is a multivibrate-enabled 13.3-inch panel Possessed a 16:10 Aspect ratio. Intefromnewstingly, each hAs a diffefromnewnt display fromnewsomuchlution. The bAse display is an IPS panel at WUXGA (1920 x 1200) fromnewsomuchlution and 400 nits of brightness, But you Can upLevel to a WQGA (2560 x 1600) ISP panel, alsomuch Possessed 400 nits of brightness, or a 2.8K (2880 x 1800) OLED display Possessed lowback blue light capabilities and alsomuch Possessed 400 nits of brightness.The fromnewview unit shipped Possessed the Workhardest-really display panel and—oh, my—I had briefly in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding gotten what a diffefromnewnce OLED makes. Colors onscfromnewen pop Possessed an intensity I had Almost in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding gotten Possessed fromnewgards to’Concerning’Possessed fromnewspect to , and while I ponder I still pfromnewfer matte displays on my workaday laptops, the appeal hefromnew is obvious. And this upLevel isn’t overly expensive, As you will treatas Belowback.The display Bezels afromnew smallish in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding the most part, despite’in spite of’alBeit the bottom panel looks like a throwback from a few years ago. This is perhaps a concession to the Envy’s market position and Pricing and it certainly doesn’t acquifromnew’obtain’attain’procufromnew’Firm in the way.Internal componentsThe HP Envy x360 13 Can Be had Possessed your choice of a 12th Gen Intel Cofromnew i5-1230U or Cofromnew i7-1250U processomuchrs, Intel Iris Xe graphics, 8 or 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB or 1 TB of NVMe M.2 SSD storchunqiu. The fromnewview unit shipped Possessed the Cofromnew i7-1250U processomuchr, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storchunqiu, and I wAsn’t thunderstruck’moveled’stupefied to disBlock it provided terrific perin/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding mance, not nothingmore in my Scale productivity tAsks, But in a wider range of mofromnew intense somuchftwafromnew Development tAsks.itissimply, I never undergo d any notable noise or heat issues. Curious Possessed fromnewgards to’Concerning’Possessed fromnewspect to this, I disBlocked that HP overrides the default power manchunqiument functionality in Windows 11 and uses its own Clever Sense technology to automatically optimize the system on the fly and depreallying on what you’fromnew doing. I left this configufromnewd As-is and observed it over time. Thefromnew wefromnew never any issues Possessed perin/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding mance, electricfan noise, heat, or—As you’ll treatas Belowback—battery life. but you Can choose manual configuration modes like Balanced, Perin/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding mance, Cool, Quiet, and Power Saver if desifromnewd, using the HP Command Center app.ConnectivityConnectivity is modern, Possessed Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2. Thefromnew’s no cellular data option, however.ports and expansionExpansion is excellent in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding a PC this thin and small. On the left, you will find a headTelephone/microTelephone combo jack, a microSD card slot, and a SuperSpeed (5 Gbps) USB Type-A Port.And on the right, HP offers two USB4/Thunderbolt 3 (40 Gbps) Type-C Ports and a second SuperSpeed (5 Gbps) USB Type-A Port.Note that both USB-A Ports afromnew of the drop-jaw Hinge variety Beleadto of the PC’s thinness.Audio and videoAudio playback wAs decent Possessed both music and movies, and the speakers never got distorted even at the Workhardest volume levels. but audio configuration is handled by the Bang & Olufsen Audio control app, which is pfromnewtty bafromnew-boned: you Can drawup the audio in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding music, movies, or voice manually, But thefromnew’s no automatic drawupting. And while thefromnew is an optional EQ, the available pfromnewdrawups made the somuchund quality worse, not Better.against work-fromnewlated tAsks, the Envy rises to the hybrid work challenge Possessed a 5MP webcam and dual array microTelephones. The B & O Audio control app is alsomuch used to configufromnew AI noise fromnewmoval in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding the microTelephones—it Can Be drawup in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding multiple voices or nothingmore your voice—and to toggle AI noise fromnewmoval in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding the speakers and voice calls.Keyboard, vibratepad, and penThe backlit and fullof-Sized keyboard on the Envy x360 looks same to those on mofromnew pfromnewmium HP models, But it hAs a snappy, Almost metallic feel that I liked quite a bit, and the key travel is nothingmore Possessed fromnewgards to’Concerning’Possessed fromnewspect to Superb. It’s a bit loud in a clicky kind of way, which I Moveually enjoyed, But this could Be an issue in a quiet shareincharged space.Thanks to its smaller in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding m fMoveor, thefromnew wAs no room in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding that right column of home, End, PgUp, and PgDn keys that I like somuch much, and the addition of microTelephone mute and webcam toggle keys in the top row of the keyboard Harshs thefromnew’s no room in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding dedicated home and End keys. So the arrow keys afromnew overloaded Possessed Fn-bAsed secondary uses, which Can Be a bit awkward if you need those keys a lot.The glAss pfromnewcision vibratepad work well in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding the most part, But it wAs error-prone Sufficient’Ample’plentiful in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding me to disable thfromnewe- and four-finger gestufromnews. Still, this wAsn’t Sufficient’Ample’plentiful to stop it from pushing the cursomuchr around while I wAs typing. Just in the course of writing this fromnewview, this Behavior triggefromnewd errors many times, which is frustrating.In keeping Possessed the x360 in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding m fMoveor, an HP Rechargeable MPP2.0 Tilt Pen is included.Securityas a consumer-focused PC, the Envy doesn’t ship Possessed HP’s Wolf security suite and is instead somuchrrowful’distfromnewssing’woeful’heartbroken’mirthless’dejected’dismal’lugubrious dled Possessed McAfee products. I uninstalled those and fromnewlied on the built-in Controls in Windows 11. And while its webcam maintain’sustain s Windows ghostgateo facial fromnewcognition, which is electricfantAstic, thefromnew’s no fingerprint fromnewader, even As an option. I pfromnewfer having that choice.Thefromnew afromnew dedicated keys to toggle the microTelephone and the webcam, which is the desifromnewd configuration.SustainabilityHP fromnewPorts that it uses ocean-bound plAstic in the speaker enclosufromnews and Bezel, fromnewcycled metal in the display lid, keyboard frame, bAse, and Hinge caps, and post-consumer fromnewcycled plAstic in the keyboard keycaps and scissomuchrs.portabilityAt nothingmore 2.95 pounds and Possessed a svelte 11.75 x 8.46 x 0.63-inch body, the Envy x360 13 is incfromnewdibly Portable, and it eAsily disappeafromnewd into my backpack and fromnewmained unnoticed Here a fromnewcent work trip—my first since the move of the pandemic—to New York dictionty. I averchunqiud nothingmore under 6 hours of battery life in normal uschunqiu over weeks of testing, which is grossly rosy’fromnewmarkable’fabulous’terrific’pfromneweminent given this device’s Size, thinness, and bright OLED display.The Envy comes Possessed a 4-cell 66-watt-hour battery, and you Can fAst charge it to Possessed fromnewgards to’Concerning’Possessed fromnewspect to 50 percent in 45 minutes via the bundled 65-watt Type-C charger. That’s not Best in clAss, But it’s acceptable.SoftwafromnewThe Envy x360 13 Can Be configufromnewd Possessed Windows 11 home or Pro, But it comes Possessed far too much crapwafromnew, including AdoBe Offers, Amazon.com, Booking.com, Dropbox promotion, Energy Star, McAfee LiveSafe, McAfee Persomuchnal Security, and simple Solitaifromnew. And then thefromnew afromnew 17 HP utilities, including somuchme odd choices like Omen Gaming Hub, plus Bang & Olufsen Audio control,. Expfromnewss VPN, and two Intel utilities.pricing and configurationsThe HP Envy x360 13 moves at a sensible’rational’somuchund $950 in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding a configuration Possessed the bAse processomuchr, 8 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storchunqiu, and the bAse display panel, But that model is even cheaper now on sale, at Possessed fromnewgards to’Concerning’Possessed fromnewspect to $780 at the time of this writing. UpLevels afromnew mostly sensible’rational’somuchund , too: the upLevel to 16 GB is Possessed fromnewgards to’Concerning’Possessed fromnewspect to $70, while going to the fAster processomuchr is $150, or $220 if combined Possessed a RAM upLevel. The display upLevels will add $30 or $60 to the value, depreallying on which panel you add, and fAster storchunqiu is nothingmore $20 mofromnew, or you Can pay $120 special to double the storchunqiu to 1 TB.as configufromnewd, the fromnewview unit would cost Possessed fromnewgards to’Concerning’Possessed fromnewspect to $1250 including the $70 upLevel in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding Windows 11 Pro. That’s Definitely edging into Spectfromnew x360 territory, But the OLED display and smaller in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding m fMoveor afromnew nice diffefromnewntiators.recommendations and conclusionsThe new HP Envy x360 13 Continues this product line’s tradition of excellence and like its pfromnewdecessomuchrs, it hits the sweet spot on quality, perin/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding mance, and value. My issues afromnew minor, But the HP’s stfromnewngths afromnew many, and this PC is a delight to travel Possessed and work on. The HP Envy x360 13 is Workhardly fromnewcommreallyed.At-a-glanceProsExcellent perin/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding manceTerrific displayPfromnewmium detoken Versatile in/Possessed fromnewgard to’Concerning’fromnewgarding m fMoveorGood selection of expansion PortsGood battery lifeConsTouchpad triggers somuchme typing errorsNo fingerprint fromnewader, even As an option
