The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo is again, however for CES 2026 each its screens are going full edge-to-edge — like a Zenbook Duo constructed for gaming. The original Zephyrus Duo was a unusual keyboard-in-the-front-club member, with a 15.6-inch essential show and a 14.1-inch-wide, skinny touchscreen crammed between the hinge and side-by-side keyboard and trackpad. The brand new mannequin options two full-size 16-inch 3K 120Hz OLED HDR shows that may attain 1,100 nits of peak brightness and a removable keyboard / trackpad you should utilize wirelessly or over the underside show.
And since this multi-screen monster is a gaming laptop computer, it provides Intel Panther Lake and Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs (as much as the RTX 5090). Pricing isn’t finalized, nevertheless it’s anticipated to launch in mid-to-late Q2 2026.
The brand new Zephyrus Duo is mainly a double Zephyrus G16, so it’s a bit of chunkier at 0.77 inches / 19.6mm thick, and it weighs 6.28 kilos / 2.85kg. The removable keyboard deck means that you can use its twin screens in two-up or side-by-side dual-screen positions, tent mode, flat mode, or as a traditional single-screen laptop computer. Just like the G16, it has a plethora of ports together with HDMI 2.1, USB-C / Thunderbolt 4, USB-A, and a full-size SD card slot.
I obtained a glimpse of the brand new Zephyrus Duo at an early preview occasion, and holy hell am I excited for this factor. We’ve lengthy been massive followers of Asus ROG Zephyrus laptops right here at The Verge, as a result of they’re so versatile as travel-friendly laptops which might be nice for each work and gaming. The considered taking that very same components and turning it right into a multi-display setup for brand spanking new ranges of multitasking sounds extremely compelling. (Battlefield 6 on one display screen and WordPress and Slack on the opposite, anybody?)
As for the standard ROG Zephyrus G14 and ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptops, they’re getting a modest however nice-sounding refresh with Intel Panther Lake chips. The design stays principally unchanged, with RTX 50-series GPUs on provide, however the slash lighting on the lid is now 35 LED segments as an alternative of simply seven — and it will possibly now present the battery degree. The hinges are simpler to open, the OLED shows are actually factory-calibrated and HDR-compatible (reaching as much as 1,000 nits of brightness), and the underside panel is redesigned for higher cooling that Asus claims permits improved efficiency.
Additionally, the G14 now sports activities a full-size SD card slot (hooray for us photographers) and can be accessible for the primary time with Intel in addition to its common AMD choices. The brand new G14 and G16 don’t have official pricing but, however they’re each anticipated in mid-to-late Q2 2026 like their dual-screen cousin.