Initially unveiled as a novel concept model in 2022, Lenovo announced at this year’s CES that the first rollable laptop would be launching as a real-world model soon. That time is now, as the company has made available the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. After the popularity of the concept model, Lenovo partnered with Intel to further engineering on the project. When opened, the rollable features a 14-inch screen that can then automatically roll out to 16.7 inches at the push of a button for added screen real estate.
“We engineered all the thermal technology and power control to happen inside the Intel Core Ultra system-on-chip dynamic thermal tuning tool, or DTT,” said Intel’s Zheng Jiong. “We worked with Lenovo to apply these technologies to control the thermal and manage the power. Then, in an industry first, we customized the Intel graphics driver software in a way to create the very smooth screen transition.”
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable is available now for $3,299.
The following was originally published February 6, 2025:
Laptop manufacturers have been digging deep into R&D to come up with new ways to give their users access to a larger screen without increasing the over all size of their devices. This week, Lenovo unveiled an inventive new solution for this problem with a laptop that could be mistaken as a concept model that most likely wouldn’t hit store shelves. The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, however, will be seeing a wide release this June, the company says.
The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable, as the name implies, uses rollable display technology to provide a screen that can automatically expand from 14″ inches to 16.7″ at the touch of the button. Rolling out the expanded screen takes about ten seconds, and Lenovo executives told The Verge that the laptop is rated for 20,000 rolls up and down. Users can have the expanded screen operate as one large display, or as two 16:9 displays. Check out a demo of the new rollable laptop in the video above, courtesy of Engadget.
See also: Apple granted patent for MacBook with rotating display, rear-facing sensors
