Console Mode2025 to 2026
Design and engineering · a laptop that becomes a couch console
One laptop doing the job of a console in the living room.
Plug the laptop into the TV and it docks: picture and sound move to the receiver, the panel goes dark, the machine switches to performance. Power on a controller and the console comes on: a couch shell takes the screen with its own quick-access overlay for sound, pads and the game. Docking and the console session are two separate things, so every combination works, including a console on the laptop screen with nothing plugged in.
Below: the game menu, the overlay, the pads screen with four controllers and two crowns, a controller-connected banner, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe launching and quitting back to the menu.