Huawei has teased a smaller foldable computer, the MateBook Fold S, in a short video posted by Richard Yu, the company's executive director and consumer business group chairman, on the Chinese social network Weibo on the morning of 10 November 2026. The clip presents the new machine as a compact follow-up to Huawei's first foldable PC, and Huawei has confirmed that pre-orders in China will open on 14 November.

The teaser is staged as a magic trick. Yu first shows the existing 18-inch MateBook Fold, slides it into a paper envelope, folds the envelope in half, and then pulls the smaller Fold S out of it. The message is the size: folded, the new machine is about the size of a book, and Yu holds it in one hand with its outer screen lit, much as he would hold a paperback.

When unfolded, the MateBook Fold S opens to a 14.7-inch display. That makes it considerably smaller than the original MateBook Fold, which launched in China in May 2025 with an 18-inch dual-layer OLED panel and a folded footprint close to that of a 13-inch laptop. A refreshed version of that larger machine is currently sold in China from 24,999 yuan, around $3,740. The Fold S runs HarmonyOS, Huawei's own operating system, and is designed to work both as a large tablet and as a compact laptop.

A cover screen on a laptop

The most distinctive feature is on the outside of the machine. The Fold S carries a small square display on its outer face, which Huawei calls a Live display, set beside a triple camera block labelled AI Camera. In the teaser the outer screen stays lit while the computer is folded, showing the time at a glance. Huawei describes the Fold S as the first computer with a cover screen, borrowing an idea more familiar from foldable phones.

What else the cover screen will do has not yet been confirmed. Huawei has not said whether it will show notifications, widgets or controls, or how typing will work on the smaller machine, and it has not confirmed whether the Fold S will ship with a keyboard and trackpad. Those details are expected at the launch event.

Colours and pre-orders

Huawei's official poster sets pre-orders for 10:08 a.m. on 14 November in China, through Huawei Mall, authorised online stores, Huawei Experience Stores and authorised retailers. Buyers will be able to choose from three colours: Cloud Sea Blue, Sky White and Magic Night Black. The Cloud Sea Blue model is the one shown in Yu's teaser video.

A formal launch date, the full specifications and the price have not yet been published. Notebookcheck, which has published Huawei's teaser images from Weibo, reports that the notebook will be officially unveiled on 14 November, with specifications and pricing expected to be confirmed by then at the latest.

Unconfirmed reports in Chinese media have put the weight at around 600g, but Huawei has not confirmed the weight, the chip, the battery, the storage options or the price. Until the launch event, the confirmed facts are the 14.7-inch folding display, the HarmonyOS software, the Live cover screen, the three colours and the 14 November pre-order date.

Why the Fold S matters

The Fold S is Huawei's second foldable PC, and it takes the concept in a different direction from the first. Where the original MateBook Fold chased the largest possible screen, the Fold S trades size for portability, aiming at a machine that can be carried like a book and opened into a full-size workspace. The cover screen adds a genuinely new element to laptop design, giving the closed machine a way to show information without being opened.

For now the launch is for China only, with no sale date announced for other markets. More details are expected in the coming days, ahead of the pre-order opening on Saturday.

• Display: 14.7-inch foldable screen, HarmonyOS
• Cover screen: square Live display beside a triple AI Camera
• Colours: Cloud Sea Blue, Sky White, Magic Night Black
• Pre-orders: 10:08 a.m., 14 November 2026, in China
• Not yet confirmed: processor, battery, weight and price