If you’ve ever tried to train seriously on a gaming laptop while traveling, you know the screen is often the compromise. Windows Latest reports Lenovo plans to show the Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable at CES 2026 in Las Vegas as a concept that tries to erase that tradeoff with a rollable OLED display.
The outlet says the laptop starts as a normal-looking 16-inch machine, then expands horizontally to 21.5 inches or 24 inches at the press of a button. It’s described as being based on Lenovo’s Legion Pro 7i platform, with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPU and a “maxed-out” Intel Core Ultra processor.
A bunch of basics are still missing. Memory, storage, battery capacity, pricing, and any retail plan are unconfirmed.
Your three screen modes
The expanding panel is framed around three presets aimed at competitive players who travel. In 16-inch “Focus Mode,” Lenovo positions the laptop as a standard setup for tightening precision mechanics and reflexes.
At 21.5 inches, “Tactical Mode” is pitched as a way to keep more of the game in view, improving peripheral awareness, map rotations, and squad coordination. The full 24-inch “Arena Mode” is Lenovo’s end goal for this concept: a portable machine that gets closer to the bigger displays many esports players prefer for training.
How Lenovo plans to roll it
Rollable screens live or die on the mechanism, and Lenovo is reportedly using a dual-motor, tension-based system that extends and retracts from both sides. The point of keeping the panel under controlled tension is to help it stay taut as it moves, reducing the risk of wrinkling, uneven flex, or visible vibration across the three sizes.
The motors are tuned to be quiet and stable, and that Lenovo is using low-friction materials along the internal path where the OLED travels. In theory, that should limit wear as the display cycles through repeated rolls.
The big questions next
AI features are focused on awareness and training rather than playing the game for you. The concept includes an “AI Frame Gaming Display” idea that can zoom key UI areas like maps, mirror cursor activity in a magnified view, and surface contextual guidance in supported games, alongside system tuning features meant to keep performance steady.
CES 2026 is where this concept either looks practical or feels fragile. The first things to watch are the smoothness of the roll at 24 inches, stability during fast play, and whether Lenovo finally shares the unglamorous details that decide usability: weight, battery capacity, and what it would take to become a real product.
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