Black Forest Labs: FLUX.2 [klein] ships pre-installed on ASUS ProArt laptops

Black Forest Labs announced on June 4, 2026, that, in partnership with ASUS and NVIDIA, it is bringing FLUX.2 [klein] pre-installed on ASUS ProArt consumer laptops. According to the company’s announcement, this is the first time a FLUX model has shipped pre-installed on consumer hardware.

What is FLUX.2 [klein]?

FLUX.2 [klein] is the fastest model in Black Forest Labs’ lineup. It comes with an open-weights variant of 4 billion (4B) parameters, which makes it compact enough to run on local hardware. The model enables unified image generation and editing — meaning the same system both creates new images and edits existing ones — in under one second on a local device.

Why is pre-installation on ASUS ProArt a milestone?

Until now, the distribution of FLUX models relied on a custom installation or on cloud services. By shipping FLUX.2 [klein] pre-installed on ASUS ProArt laptops, Black Forest Labs puts a FLUX model directly on consumer hardware for the first time, ready to use. This eliminates the environment-setup step, and creators get advanced image generation immediately when they start the device.

What does the partnership with ASUS and NVIDIA bring?

The ASUS ProArt laptop line is aimed at creative professionals, and including NVIDIA in the partnership secures the hardware acceleration needed for fast local inference. The combination of a compact 4B model, optimized software, and capable hardware is what enables sub-second generation and editing directly on the device.

What does “on-device” generation without the cloud mean?

On-device generation means that the entire process of creating and editing an image takes place locally, on the laptop itself, without sending data to the cloud. This brings several advantages: lower latency, operation without an internet connection, and keeping the material on the user’s device. Black Forest Labs cites precisely advanced on-device image generation in the hands of creators, without dependence on the cloud, as its goal.

What does this announcement mean for the market?

Pre-installing a generative AI model on consumer laptops is a signal of a broader trend of moving AI processing from cloud servers to local devices. For Black Forest Labs, this is a way for FLUX to reach creators through hardware they already use, while for ASUS and NVIDIA it represents a competitive advantage in the creative-workstation segment. The shipping of FLUX.2 [klein] thus positions ASUS ProArt laptops as devices ready for fast, local image generation right out of the box.