Lenovo’s latest 2-in-1 crams Windows and Android into one device

by Shivendra Singh · January 9, 2024

An image of the tablet part of the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid with a prominent Android menu displayed. It rests on top of the keyboard section of the device.

Once you plug this Android 13 tablet in, it goes full Windows 11 laptop.

We’ve come close to figuring out the ideal 2-in-1 laptop, but no company has nailed it yet. Lenovo’s latest attempt, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid, recognizes that Android has a better touch interface than Windows and that Windows has a better laptop interface than Android — and it combines the two to try to get the best of both worlds.

When you’re in laptop mode, the ThinkBook Plus Hybrid functions like a normal Windows laptop. But when you pull the display off the laptop, it turns into an Android tablet. The bottom half of the device — the Windows half — has an Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 75WHr battery. The top half has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of flash storage,…