Lenovo wants other companies to make accessories for its modular laptops.

January 22, 2026 Andrew Liszewski

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Two Lenovo laptops with Magic Bay camera accessories attached to their displays.

Two years ago, Lenovo introduced a collection of modular Magic Bay accessories for its ThinkBook 16p. They attached to a magnetic pin connector at the top of the laptop's display and added functionality like an improved 4K webcam, or LTE connectivity. The company has since expanded Magic Bay compatibility to more of its laptops and demonstrated concepts for additional accessories, but it's now opening the system to third-party accessory makers, as spotted by VideoCardz.com.

According to an update a Lenovo product manager shared to the Chinese social media platform Weibo, Lenovo has "opened up support for third-party accessories." There's no …

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