A few years ago ASUS made its first dual-screen laptop in the ZenBook Duo. Now at CES 2026, the company has taken that idea and connected in an unexpected way with the ROG Zephyrus Duo, which may be the first true dual-screen gaming laptop.
Unlike a traditional productivity notebook with two built-in displays, the concept of a dual-screen gaming notebook doesn’t translate naturally because enabling two screens comes with a performance hit. And, in the heat of battle, it’s not like you have much of a chance to use that second monitor. But when you look at the Zephyrus Duo as more of an all-purpose portable content creation and gaming station, things start to make a lot of sense.
Both Zephyrus Duo’s 16-inch Nebula OLED panels have strong specs that include HDR support with a maximum brightness of up to 1,100 nits, NVIDIA G-Sync, stylus integration and a strong Delta-E (which measures color accuracy) of less than one. Performance also looks strong with ASUS offering the latest Core Ultra processors from Intel up to the NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPU. Sure, with a TDP of 135 watts, the Zephyrus Duo won’t be as sophisticated as a 16-inch gaming notebook with a single screen, but those won’t be nearly as flexible as the ROG either.
Like the Zenbook Duo, the Zephyrus Duo comes with a wireless keyboard that can be charged magnetically. This allows users to stand the laptop in all kinds of positions, which is enhanced thanks to the built-in kickstand. What most people will use is probably a stacked arrangement with one display on top of the other. However, you can also keep the Duo mode with the clamshell, sliding the keyboard forward to draw it, put it down on the table or put it in tent mode and game on it. Although ASUS admits that might not be very useful as the apps will need to support that use case. Although at the very least, you can mirror your screen to a friend on the other side of the desk/table.
The ROG Zephyrus Duo comes with a built-in kickstand that makes it easy to set it up in all sorts of different positions, even if it’s a little awkward. (Sam Rutherford of Engadget)
Now I will admit that after messing with the Zephyrus Duo in person, it’s not quite the same due to its 6.28 pound weight. But ASUS managed to do a good job of keeping it relatively thin (0.77 inches) without skimping on features like audio thanks to the Duo’s six-speaker stereo system and cooling that includes a vapor chamber and liquid metal heating elements. You also get an impressive number of ports including multiple USB-C with Thunderbolt 4, USB-A, HDMI 2.1 and a full-sized SD card slot, as well as a respectable 90Whr large battery.
One important thing we don’t know yet though is how much it will cost, mainly because this thing probably won’t be cheap (I’m guessing a starting price of $2,500). A dual-screen gaming laptop might not make a lot of sense, but I appreciate how ambitious ASUS is with the ROG Zephyrus Duo and I’m looking forward to checking it out later this year.
