Do you want having a second display along with your laptop setup? What if your laptop may carry a second display for you? That’s the concept behind Lenovo’s newest proof of idea, the ThinkBook Modular AI PC, introduced at Cellular World Congress in Barcelona.
Lenovo isn’t shy to point out 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 12 months, the corporate confirmed off a gaming laptop with a show that expands at the push of a button. Typically, 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 develop 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 screen
As somebody with a multi-screen setup at dwelling and a passion for transportable screens, the ThinkBook Modular AI PC appeals to me essentially the most. At first look, it seems like a standard laptop computer. Have a look behind, and also you’ll discover there’s a second display magnetically hanging off the again of the laptop computer, like a koala carrying a child on its again.
The display is linked to the laptop computer utilizing pogo-pin connectors, so you should utilize it on this state to show content material to folks in entrance of you, say, when you have been making a presentation throughout a gathering. Alternatively, you possibly can pop this second display off, take away a hidden kickstand resting below the laptop computer, and magnetically connect it to the 14-inch display so that you’ve got a standard transportable monitor expertise. (You’ll want to attach this to the laptop computer through a USB-C cable on this orientation.)
In the event 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 there—it’ll auto-connect to the laptop computer through 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 methodology of enhancing productiveness on the go, and the laptop computer isn’t too thick or cumbersome.
