Lenovo's awesome rollable gaming laptop endured an unfortunate demo fail during a segment of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon yesterday, which saw Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips attempt to showcase the device's unique expanding screen capabilities.
During the demo, the laptop was supposed to expand from its standard 16-inch screen size all the way out to an impressive 24-inches. Unfortunately, the key combination that's supposed to initiate the expansion failed to work, resulting in an awkward moment where the three presenters were forced to banter as they tried to work out what was wrong.
Unfortunately, after some attempts to troubleshoot the problem, Linus Sebastian wasn't able to save the demo, resulting in him simply explaining how the laptop is supposed to work instead. They swiftly move onto the next product without ever showing the device's unique party trick.
While the full segment is available on YouTube, only 3 minutes of the segment actually aired on broadcast TV, none of which included the laptop.
The Legion Pro Rollable, as it's known, is Lenovo's concept laptop for CES 2026, which means it's not currently a product you can buy. With that said, Lenovo is pretty good at turning its concept laptops into real products, and you've been able to buy a rollable laptop from the company for the last year.
Unlike Lenovo's current rollable laptop, which features an expanding screen that extended upwards, the Lenovo Pro Rollable has an expanding screen horizontally. That means you can, on the fly, move between widescreen and ultra widescreen aspect ratios, aimed specifically at gamers instead of productivity workflows.
Of course, this isn't the first time a tech product has failed in front of a large audience. Famously, Apple's first ever Face ID demo failed, and Microsoft has had its fair share of demo fails too, such as the infamous Blue Screen of Death when attempting to connect a printer on Windows 95.
I can only assume Lenovo is gutted that its demo failed, but hopefully this won't impact the concept of rollable laptop displays too much. Samsung did serious damage to the reputation of folding screens when the first Galaxy Fold launched and instantly broke in reviewers hands. Rollable screens share similar tech, so hopefully this hasn't put a stain on the form factor.
The Lenovo segment of Linus Tech Tips' CES 2026 showcase starts at the 4:59 mark on YouTube.
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