Best 2-In-1 Laptops In 2022

CPU: Intel Core i7-1260P | Storage: 512GB SSD | Display: 16-inch, 2560 x 1600 touchscreen | Battery: Up to 15 hours | Weight: 4.2 pounds

Best for: Anyone who wants a 2-in-1 with strong performance and a big, gorgeous display.

The Lenovo Yoga 7i 16-inch ticks all the boxes of what you should look for in a 2-in-1 laptop. It has a high-end, modern processor with excellent performance; strong battery life; and a roomy SSD for storing all of your applications and favorite media. The Yoga 7i stands out for its inclusion of DDR5 memory—an advantage of the newer 12th generation Intel CPUs, and which can really help maintain efficiency and performance in demanding applications like photo and video editing suites.

This model has a gorgeous big-screen 2K display that can produce sharp text and detailed images, without sapping too much battery life. The display is rated at 400-nits brightness, making it not as bright as the new MacBook Air (2022) but bright enough for use in most environments. While the display is great, the physical size and weight of this laptop make it awkward to use as a tablet. Another major strength is its port selection, which includes a pair of Thunderbolt 4/USB Type-C ports for high-speed data transfers to external drives, and gives you the option of using external displays up to 4K resolution if you need even more screen to work with.

Pros:

• Powerful internal hardware
• Lengthy battery life
• Gorgeous display looks great in laptop and tablet modes

Cons:

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700H | Storage: 512GB SSD | Display: 16-inch, 3,072 x 1920 touchscreen | Battery: Up to 15 hours | Weight: 4.4 pounds

Best for: Premium users willing to pay for serious new-gen performance and a big, comfortable keyboard.

A lot of 2-in-1s sacrifice a good keyboard for added portability, but not so with the HP Spectre x360. Like its predecessors, this new 16-inch model comes fitted with a fantastically comfortable and responsive keyboard. It has a full array of Home, End, and Insert keys along the right side of the keyboard, handy for efficient typing and editing. It’s not a perfect keyboard: The cramped arrow keys aren’t to everyone’s taste, and this model lacks the dedicated keypad of other 16-inch laptops. But the overall design looks great, and the keys have a satisfying but muted click when depressed.

Whether you’re typing up documents or responding to messages and emails, the display on this HP Spectre x360 delivers, with a massive 3K+ resolution that looks stunning. When you’re not typing, the touchscreen is intuitive and reacts well to all kinds of inputs, making it a nuanced laptop for all sorts of tasks. While the Spectre x360 can flip around to use in tablet mode, the size and weight of this model will make it hard to hold in one hand for any length of time. The laptop has four Bang & Olufson speakers, and it has a 5MP webcam with backlight adjustment.

Pros:

• Comfortable keyboard is great for long typing sessions
• Strong performance
• High-resolution webcam

Cons:

• Hard to hold one handed in tablet mode

CPU: Intel Core i7-1235U | Storage: 512GB SSD | Display: 14-inch, 1920 x 1080 touchscreen | Battery: Up to 10.5 hours | Weight: 3.4

Best for: Anyone wanting a great convertible 2-in-1 laptop at an affordable price.

The HP Pavilion x360 is one of the best 2-in-1 laptops you can buy at its usual modest price. You get a 12th-generation Intel CPU, plenty of storage, and a Full HD touchscreen display, making this a solid all-round device in both laptop and tablet modes. Performance is responsive, and at just 3.4 pounds, it’s pretty lightweight and usable in whichever orientation you choose. The 360-degree hinge supports traditional laptop mode in addition to tent, stand and tablet mode, too.

With a 10-core CPU, this model has enough multi-threaded performance for even processor intensive tasks like video editing when you need to do them in between your regular everyday tasks. Battery life isn’t class-leading, but with around 10-hours of juice per charge, you can get through a chunk of your day without constantly looking for a power socket when you take this laptop on the road with you. Like the higher-end HP Spectre x360, this model has a 5MP webcam with dynamic backlight adjustment. This model has only two speakers, compared with the larger Spectre model’s four speakers.

Pros:

• Impressive performance at a reasonable price
• Narrow bezels make the 14-inch screen seem bigger than it is
• Weight is more conducive for both tablet and laptop mode

Cons:

• 1080p display doesn’t look as crisp as on higher-end models
• Middling battery life

CPU: Intel Core i7-1260P | Storage: 512GB SSD | Display: 14-inch, 2560 x 1600 touchscreen | Battery: Up to 10.5 hours | Weight: 3 pounds

Best for: Anyone willing to pay the price for a laptop without compromise.

Do you want a 2-in-1 laptop that can do it all and don’t mind paying a little extra for the privilege? That’s what the Lenovo Yoga 9i is. It combines an excellent mix of components with a stunning 2K OLED display, all in a lightweight package. At three pounds, this laptop is one of the lightest 2-in-1s you can buy, but that doesn’t mean it lacks stability or rigidity. You can handle the chassis from any part of the keyboard deck, or on the screen itself and the body remains firm, without an ounce of flex. This augments the professional, clean, and understated look of the laptop, which, with its new rounded corners, stands out from the crowd of MacBook clones.

The 14-inch screen looks crisp and detailed with its 2K resolution, and at 400 nits, it gets plenty bright for daytime work (though not as bright as the new MacBook Air 2022). And in your downtime, watching movies or looking at images benefit from the high-contrast OLED display. This laptop even has impressive audio—a real rarity in any laptop, let alone a 2-in-1. The audio system combines a pair of tweeters with a pair of mids for an impressive sound that has much more volume, and physical presence than most laptops of this size.

Pros:

• Solid performance for all kinds of tasks
• Gorgeous screen in both tablet and laptop modes
• Impressive audio quality

Cons

• Middling battery life
• Expensive

CPU: Intel Core i5-1135G7 | Storage: 256GB SSD | Display: 13.5-inch, 2256 x 1504 touchscreen | Battery: Up to 11 hours | Weight: 3.2 pounds

Best for: Google service users and anyone who a Chromebook with serious performance at a more affordable price.

Google Chrome OS is lightweight by design, but if you throw some real performance hardware at it, it really sings. The Acer Chromebook Spin 713 gets Chrome OS to do just that, packing this Chromebook with a capable processor and a 256GB solid-state drive to produce a responsive 2-in-1 Chromebook experience. By contrast, most Chromebooks come with low-end CPUs and skimp on memory and storage.

The 11th generation Intel CPU provides Wi-Fi 6 (as opposed to the Wi-Fi 6E of the newer 12th chips). This model also has two Thunderbolt 4 ports for connecting peripherals. The 2K display looks clearer and crisper than the high-definition displays on most Chromebooks, and it remains responsive, no matter what tasks you throw at it. Like all Chromebooks, you’ll get the most out of the Spin 713 if you use Google’s cloud-based services and other Web services. You can augment those with compatible Android applications, and if you need extra storage, you get a free 100GB with Google Drive as part of the purchase.

Pros:

• Excellent performance for a Chromebook
• High-resolution display
• Lightweight design

Cons:

• Design looks a bit dated
• Lacks full functionality of Windows and MacOS laptops

CPU: Intel Core i5-1260P | Storage: 1TB SSD | Display: 15.6-inch OLED, 1920 x 1080 touchscreen| Battery: Up to 21 hours | Weight: 3.1 pounds

Best for: Those who want a premium 2-in-1 laptop with class-leading battery life that works great as a tablet, too.

Do you find yourself away from a power source for long periods of time but still want a capable 2-in-1? The Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro is the best 2-in-1 laptop if you don’t want to stay near a plug. It not only has battery life that exceeds some of the most efficient laptops out there, but it manages to do so with a highly powerful processor and a gorgeous 15.6-inch 1080p OLED display.

The Intel Core i7-1260P is a highly capable 12 core chip that delivers amazing multi-tasking performance, whether you’re browsing hundreds of tabs at a time or want to do some serious video and photo editing. The OLED display may only be 1080p, but it still looks crisp and with that near-infinite OLED contrast, everything from your favorite websites to your favorite movies look fantastic.

Thanks to its larger form factor, this laptop also comes packing a full-size keyboard that includes even the most niche keys. At just over three pounds too, this laptop is manageable as a tablet. If you own a Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet, you can pair the Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 and call, text and video chat via your PC. The laptop comes with Samsung’s S Pen for use on the touchscreen . The impressive battery life ensures that no matter where you take it, you’ll have plenty of juice for whatever tasks you want to throw at it.

Pros:

• Impressive battery life
• Gorgeous OLED display
• Pairs with other Galaxy mobile devices

Cons:

• Low resolution for this price
• Has Samsung’s bloatware pre-installed

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700H | Storage: 512GB SSD | Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050| Display: 13.4-inch, 1920 x 1080 touchscreen | Battery: Up to 8 hours | Weight: 2.6 pounds

Best for: Tablet gamers who want the power of a real GPU to play with.

If you want an ultra portable gaming system with an excellent touchscreen, the Asus ROG Flow Z13 is the best 2-in-1 for the job. With the Intel Core i7-12700H and Nvidia RTX 3050 GPU, it has all the performance it needs to play your favorite esports and lightweight tablet games at high detail settings and high frame rates. The 13.4-inch 1080p display has a fast 120Hz refresh rate, delivering buttery smooth animations and gameplay.

Asus makes a 4K version, but expect battery life to be even less than on this model. As it is, you should only expect a few hours of battery life from this laptop in general use, and maybe an hour or two of lightweight gaming at most. Even so, try finding another a laptop that weighs around two and a half pounds and has a dedicated GPU. It’s no easy task. If you really want to push this machine to its limits too, you can always attach the optional external GPU. That makes this laptop even more expensive—this 4K version with external GPU costs $3,300 at Best Buy.

Pros:

• Excellent performance for tablet and lightweight gaming
• Incredibly light and portable
• Optional external GPU for next-level gaming performance

Cons:

• Expensive
• Limited battery life