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The Verge September 3, 2026 neutral

This 14-inch laptop has a screen that unrolls to 17 inches

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<figure> <img alt="The rollable Lenovo ThinkBook Project Swan concept laptop sitting on a table with its screen expanded to 17 inches." data-caption="ThinkBooks, roll out! | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268683_Lenovo_ThinkBook_Swan_14-17_Rollable_Concept_IFA_2026_ADiBenedetto_0002.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> ThinkBooks, roll out! | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lenovo's latest rollable concept, announced at IFA 2026, is the ThinkBook Project Swan: a business laptop with a screen that expands horizontally from 14 to 17 inches.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rollable screens are nothing new for Lenovo. The company has shown off several concepts and even launched a real one last year (and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/reviews/717491/lenovo-thinkbook-plus-gen-6-rollable-laptop-review">it was pretty great</a>). But Project Swan seems a little more restrained than that wild vertically expanding ThinkBook Plus Gen 6. </p> <div class="c-image-compare alignnone wp-block-vox-media-image-compare"> <div class="c-image-compare__images"> <img src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268683_Lenovo_ThinkBook_Swan_14-17_Rollable_Concept_IFA_2026_ADiBenedetto_0006.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" alt="" title="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright=""> <img src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268683_Lenovo_ThinkBook_Swan_14-17_Rollable_Concept_IFA_2026_ADiBenedetto_0007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" alt="" title="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright=""> </div> <div class="c-image-compare__caption"> <em>Rolling from 14 to 17 inches.</em> </div> </div> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@verge/video/7681339753853111565" data-video-id="7681339753853111565" data-embed-from="oembed"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@verge" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@verge?refer=embed">@verge</a> <p>The Lenovo Project Swan transforms from work to Netflix machine -- by literally rolling out a wider 17-inch 16:9 aspect ratio screen horizontally. It follows Le …</p></section></blockquote></div></figure> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/989477/lenovo-thinkbook-project-swan-concept-laptop-14-17-rollable-ifa-announcement">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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