Do you want having a second display together with your laptop setup? What if your laptop computer might 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 indicate off wacky, bizarre idea laptops. We’ve seen a PC with a clear display, one with a rollable OLED display, a swiveling display, and one other with a flippy display. At CES earlier this 12 months, the corporate confirmed off a gaming laptop computer with a show that expands on the push of a button. Typically, these ideas flip into actual merchandise 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 grow 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
As somebody with a multi-screen setup at dwelling and a keenness for transportable displays, the ThinkBook Modular AI PC appeals to me probably the most. At first look, it appears to be like like a traditional 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 related to the laptop computer utilizing pogo-pin connectors, so you should use it on this state to show content material to folks in entrance of you, say, should you have been making a presentation throughout a gathering. Alternatively, you may pop this second display off, take away a hidden kickstand resting underneath the laptop computer, and magnetically connect it to the 14-inch display 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 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 kind on a dual-screen setup that resembles the Asus ZenBook Duo. The entire system is a fantastically transportable technique of bettering productiveness on the go, and the laptop computer isn’t too thick or cumbersome.
