Do you want having a second display screen together with your laptop setup? What if your laptop might carry a second display screen for you? That’s the thought behind Lenovo’s newest proof of idea, the ThinkBook Modular AI PC, introduced at Cell World Congress in Barcelona.
Lenovo isn’t shy to indicate off wacky, bizarre idea laptops. We’ve seen a PC with a transparent screen, one with a rollable OLED screen, a swiveling screen, and one other with a flippy screen. At CES earlier this yr, the corporate confirmed off a gaming laptop with a show that expands at the push of a button. Generally, these ideas flip into real products that go on sale (typically in restricted portions).
At MWC 2026, Lenovo trotted out three ideas. Whereas it’s unclear whether or not any of them will turn out to be actual, purchasable merchandise, there’s some distinctive utility right here, and a peek at how computing experiences might change sooner or later.
A Laptop computer With a Constructed-In Transportable Display screen
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As somebody with a multi-screen setup at house and a keenness for moveable displays, the ThinkBook Modular AI PC appeals to me probably the most. At first look, it appears like a standard laptop computer. Have a look behind, and also you’ll discover there’s a second display screen magnetically hanging off the again of the laptop computer, like a koala carrying a child on its again.
The display screen is related to the laptop computer utilizing pogo-pin connectors, so you need to use it on this state to show content material to individuals in entrance of you, say, in case you had been making a presentation throughout a gathering. Alternatively, you possibly can pop this second display screen off, take away a hidden kickstand resting underneath the laptop computer, and magnetically connect it to the 14-inch display screen so that you’ve got a standard moveable monitor expertise. (You’ll want to attach this to the laptop computer through a USB-C cable on this orientation.)
Should you don’t have the desk area for that orientation, you possibly can at all times take away the keyboard from the bottom and pop the second display screen there—it’ll auto-connect to the laptop computer through the pogo pins, and also you’ll have the ability to use the Bluetooth keyboard to kind on a dual-screen setup that resembles the Asus ZenBook Duo. The entire system is a fantastically moveable technique of bettering productiveness on the go, and the laptop computer isn’t too thick or cumbersome.
