Nobody cares about laptop touchscreens anymore

Most Windows 11 laptops I review have touchscreens and that isn’t changing any time soon. At CES 2026, I went hands on with lots of laptops and most of them had touchscreens. But it’s not like PC manufacturers were showing them off. Indeed, touchscreens on laptops now feel like an afterthought.

Which means if you’re in the market for a laptop, that’s how you should see touchscreens: a feature you almost certainly don’t need.

Do laptop makers even care?

At CES 2026, I was in one PC manufacturer’s demo space.