OLED laptop

The OLED's industry main new target, for the past several years, has been the IT display sector, mainly tablets, laptops and monitors. While we have seen OLED displays penetrate this market many years ago, the current 6-Gen AMOLED production lines are optimized for smartphone and wearable display production.

A few years ago display makers realized that OLED production lines with larger substrates will enable lower cost production, and will enable to increase the adoption of OLEDs in such devices. When this converged with technology readiness (depositing OLED materials and TFTs on such large areas was not possible before), several companies initiated new projects, all of which use 8.6-Gen (2250 x 2600 mm) substrates. We are now at a stage where two companies (BOE and Samsung) are very close to mass production, and the first displays will start production soon. 

Himax Technologies announced that its HX85200 series on-cell OLED touch controller IC has been adopted by multiple leading global IT brands and is being designed into high-end OLED laptop PCs. Mass production of these new PCs, with Himax's touch controller IC, will begin in the first quarter of 2026.

Himax says that its HX85200 OLED touch controller IC integrates industry-leading differential signal processing circuitry and advanced algorithms to deliver highly accurate multi-finger capacitive touch performance while supporting various OLED panel architectures. Himax says that the laptops that utilize its new chip will achieve smoother and more responsive touch interaction, while maintaining low touch-display interference.

Samsung Display will reportedly initiate mass production at its new 8.6-Gen IT production line in Asan in May 2026 - a few months ahead of schedule. Last month we reported that SDC has verified mass production at the fab, and has shipped the samples to potential customers (laptop makers). 

According to what we know, the first products out of the new line will be laptop AMOLED panels that will go to Apple - that signed an exclusive supply agreement with Samsung Display to produce touch AMOLED displays for its upcoming 2026 MacBook Pro laptops (both 14-inch and 16-inch models). 

Samsung Display has reportedly started to produce AMOLED display samples at its 8.6-Gen IT production line in Asan. The company has verified mass production at the fab, and has shipped the samples to potential customers (laptop makers).

Samsung Display's original plan was to start full mass production in Q3 2026, or even a few weeks before that. It seems as if the company is progressing well, and it may aim to accelerate its production plan.

Earlier today we posted that Lenovo is showcasing a rollable OLED laptop, with a screen that opens up horizontally from 16-inch to 21-inch. The display producer is TCL CSOT.

It turns out that Lenovo has a second rollable laptop on display. The ThinkPad Rollable XD Concept, which you can see above, is closer in design to Lenovo's 1st-Gen Thinkbook Plus G6 Rollable that it launched last year, with a screen that opens up vertically. The new Rollable XD can open up from a small 13.3" display to a full 15.9" display. This is a 50% increase in actual screen size. 

Last month we reported that Lenovo is set to launch its 2nd rollable laptop, that will be called the Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable. It turns out that Lenovo has indeed unveiled this laptop at CES 2026, but it is only a concept device, or a prototype, at this stage.

TCL CSOT confirmed that it is the supplier of the rollable AMOLED, and this seems to be an impressive display, that opens up from a 16-inch display to 21-inch and even 24-inch when fully opened in the ultra-wide configuration you see above. Lenovo and TCL CSOT did not reveal any specifications, beyond the 120Hz refresh rates.

Samsung Display announced that together with Intel, it has jointly developed a new technology that can reduce the power consumption by up to 17% in HDR mode and up to 22% in normal mode on laptop AMOLED displays. 

The new technology, branded as SmartPower HDR, dynamically adjusts the OLED voltage based on the characteristics of the displayed content. This enables lower average driving voltage and so reduces the power consumption of the OLED display.

BOE officially announced that it has lit up its 8.6-Gen AMOLED production line in Chengdu, five months ahead of schedule. The company aims to be the first in the world to mass produce OLED IT panels in a 8.6-Gen line. 

Back in October, we reported that BOE is accelerating the building of its 8.6-Gen line. The company's original plan was to start mass production in Q4 2026, but now it hopes to begin production in Q3 2026, a month or two earlier than Samsung Display (that also hopes to begin mass production in Q3 2026).

According to Windows Latest, Lenovo will soon (perhaps next month at CES) unveil its 2nd rollable OLED laptop, which will be called Legion Pro Rollable. This gaming laptop, interestingly, will have a rollable display that opens horizontally, to enable a 21:9 aspect ratio.

While this is not confirmed, it is reported that the display will be around 14-inch in size when closed, and 16-inch when fully opened, in the ultra-wide mode. The display will offer a 120Hz refresh rate, and the laptop will come with an Intel Panther Lake CPU and an Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU.

According to reports from China, BOE has secured the first orders for laptop AMOLED displays that will be produced in its 8.6-Gen AMOLED line. The customers are Asus and Acer, and the panels will both be 14-inch in size.

BOE's original plan was to start mass production in Q4 2026, but the latest information is that BOE is accelerating its plans, and is currently about 4 months ahead of schedule, so will be able to begin production in Q3 2026. At any case, it is likely that the laptops themselves will be launched in early 2027.