Asus is refreshing its Zenbook Duo collection with a brand new 2024 mannequin, which the corporate boasts is the “world’s first 14-inch dual-screen OLED laptop computer”.

Technically, that is incorrect. Earlier fashions within the line, just like the Zenbook Professional 14 Duo, included a second OLED show, though that second display screen was considerably smaller. It’s extra correct to say that is the primary laptop computer with two equally sized Asus Lumina OLED shows. Every half, in accordance with the announcement, consists of a 14-inch, 3K decision (2,880 x 1,800 pixels) touchscreen with a refresh charge of as much as 120Hz. They assist a number of digital colour requirements like Dolby Imaginative and prescient for vibrant imagery, in addition to DisplayHDR True Black 500 for deep blacks on display screen.

The laptop computer comes with a full-size Asus ErgoSense keyboard that may be eliminated and used wirelessly through a Bluetooth connection. Plus, the 2 screens are connected through a 180-degree hinge permitting you to put them down flat – successfully turning the laptop computer right into a pill.

On your eyes solely

The Zenbook Duo 2024 comes with quite a few software program options, however chief amongst them are the viewing modes. The 4 obtainable give customers alternate methods to regulate the content material on their display screen.

Twin Display mode enables you to mix the 2 shows into one expansive view measuring 19.eight inches diagonally. Customers might want to activate ViewMax to meld the 2 collectively. After all, you’ll be able to deactivate it at any time to separate them into separate home windows. Desktop mode shifts the web page orientation from panorama to portrait, which the corporate states is ideal for programmers, writers, or monetary analysts taking a look at knowledge sheets.

Laptop computer mode, because the title suggests, is your “conventional laptop-style expertise,” putting the photographs on high of each other. Asus recommends reattaching the keyboard again into the Zenbook Duo to get essentially the most out of this orientation. Then there’s Sharing mode, which helps you current content material on the laptop computer extra simply. It’s much like Twin Display, however the primary distinction is that pictures on the higher half might be moved 180 levels if the necessity arises. 

{Hardware} specs

Beneath the hood, the Zenbook Duo 2024 is powered by an Intel Core Extremely processor paired with a Neural Processing Unit, or NPU for brief. This tech makes use of AI acceleration to additional increase {hardware} efficiency. It’s fascinating, but not completely stunning, that the mannequin has an NPU inside. We have seen quite a lot of different laptops at CES 2024, just like the Dell XPS 16, that home the same unit. It is smart that Asus can also be hopping on this prepare.

It’s a light-weight machine, clocking in at 1.35kg (somewhat below 3lbs), and measures 14.6mm when closed – that’s about half an inch. Different notable options embrace ScreenXpert enabling multi-touch gestures, Harman Kardon-certified audio system for immersive audio, and a storage quantity of as much as 2TB.

It’s unknown when the Zenbook Duo 2024 will launch or how a lot it should price. We did attain out to Asus for extra particulars. This story shall be up to date at a later time.

Till then, take a look at TechRadar’s listing of the most effective Asus laptops for 2024.

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