Do you want having a second display screen together with your laptop setup? What if your laptop may carry a second display screen for you? That’s the concept behind Lenovo’s newest proof of idea, the ThinkBook Modular AI PC, introduced at Cell World Congress in Barcelona.
Lenovo is rarely 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 change into actual, purchasable merchandise, there’s some distinctive utility right here, and a peek at how computing experiences may change sooner or later.
A Laptop computer With a Constructed-In Transportable Display
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As somebody with a multi-screen setup at house and a keenness for transportable screens, the ThinkBook Modular AI PC appeals to me essentially the most. At first look, it appears like a traditional 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 should utilize it on this state to show content material to individuals in entrance of you, say, in case you have been making a presentation throughout a gathering. Alternatively, you may pop this second display screen off, take away a hidden kickstand resting below the laptop computer, and magnetically connect it to the 14-inch display screen so that you’ve a standard transportable monitor expertise. (You’ll want to attach this to the laptop computer by way of a USB-C cable on this orientation.)
When you don’t have the desk area for that orientation, you may all the time take away the keyboard from the bottom and pop the second display screen there—it’ll auto-connect to the laptop computer by way of the pogo pins, and also you’ll be capable of use the Bluetooth keyboard to sort on a dual-screen setup that resembles the Asus ZenBook Duo. The entire system is a fantastically transportable technique of enhancing productiveness on the go, and the laptop computer isn’t too thick or cumbersome.
