At CES 2026, Lenovo is pushing the boundaries of laptop form factors with the ThinkPad Rollable XD Concept, a proof-of-concept device that explores how expandable displays can enhance productivity without compromising portability. Lenovo is showcasing this concept during its own CES event, Lenovo Tech World, held at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
The ThinkPad Rollable XD Concept starts as a compact 13.3-inch laptop and vertically expands to nearly 16 inches, delivering over 50 percent more screen real estate. Unlike earlier rollable designs that extend beneath the keyboard, Lenovo’s approach rolls the display over the top edge with a full 180-degree turn. This ensures that every portion of the OLED panel remains usable whether the screen is retracted or fully deployed, favoring tall, vertical workflows suited to documents, coding, and multitasking.
A defining visual and engineering element is the transparent rear panel made from Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, jointly developed with Corning. This window reveals the internal rollable mechanism, including high-performance cables described as eight times stronger than steel and dual motors capable of generating enough force to keep the display uniformly taut during motion. Beyond aesthetics, the transparency highlights the mechanical precision required to support a durable, repeatable rollable system.
From a usage perspective, Lenovo positions the Rollable XD Concept as a flexible platform for multitasking, collaboration, and adaptive workflows. The expanded vertical canvas lends itself naturally to split-screen productivity, while Swipe to X touch gestures and voice controls let users switch modes or launch applications with minimal interruption.
Alongside the ThinkPad Rollable XD, Lenovo is also presenting the Legion Pro Rollable Proof-of-Concept, which explores a different rollable approach aimed at gaming and immersive content. Unlike the ThinkPad’s vertica l expansion, the Legion concept rolls sideways, transforming a 16-inch gaming laptop into a much wider display that can extend beyond 21 inches and up to nearly 24 inches in its most extreme configuration. This horizontal expansion is designed to increase the field of view and immersion in games and media, highlighting how rollable technology can be adapted to very different usage priorities.
AI-driven features are central to the ThinkPad Rollable XD Concept. Lenovo highlights live translation, voice assistant interaction, multimodal inputs, and lid-closed usage scenarios, expanding potential applications beyond traditional laptop use. The company also points to retail signage and one-to-many presentation environments as future use cases.
As concept devices, both the ThinkPad Rollable XD and Legion Pro Rollable are not positioned as near-term products. Instead, they illustrate Lenovo’s broader exploration of how rollable displays can scale vertically or horizontally depending on professional or entertainment needs, offering a glimpse into multiple possible futures for adaptive PCs.
The ThinkPad Rollable XD will be one of our Ubergizmo’s Best of CES 2026.
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