Bambu Lab Teases X2D Dual-Extrusion Printer, Reveal Set for April 14

Bambu Lab has put a date on its next move: April 14 at 4 PM CEST, or 10 AM EDT, for a reveal branded “Xcellence made simple.” The timing lands just days after the company announced that the X1, X1 Carbon and X1E reached end-of-life on March 31 and would no longer be manufactured, turning the new teaser into the clearest sign yet that an X-series successor is coming.

The official landing page and the U.S. store banner both carry the same message, while the artwork points hard toward a dual-extrusion machine. The renders show an X-shaped motif, a dual-nozzle silhouette and what looks like a LiDAR or vision module on the right side of the gantry, all cues that Bambu users will recognize from the X1 line’s fast workflow, camera suite and sensor-heavy feature set. That combination has driven the community to call the machine the X2D.

The timing matters because Bambu has already mapped out how long the outgoing flagship line will be supported. The company said X1-series bug fixes and feature updates will continue through May 31, 2027, security patches through May 31, 2029, and spare parts and support through March 31, 2031. For current owners, that creates a rare overlap: the old flagship is already in its sunset phase, but the parts and service runway stretches years beyond the manufacturing cutoff.

Community chatter has been intense. A Bambu Lab forum thread titled “X2D spotted” appeared on April 9 and linked to claims that X2D boxes or units had been seen at Micro Center stores. Creator videos have echoed the same idea, with leak-driven coverage saying the printer was seen in the United States before the official reveal window. In Bambu’s own forum thread “Ready. Set. neXt,” users immediately started asking whether there will be multiple X2 variants, what the price will be, whether cloud software will be required, and how quickly the new model might reach its own EOL.

If the X2D lands as the leaks suggest, the biggest practical change will be simpler true dual-material and dual-color printing. Dual hotends paired with Bambu’s AMS ecosystem could remove much of the hassle of single-nozzle toolchanging, while improved TPU handling would be a major upgrade for users who print flexible parts, cosplay pieces and functional prototypes. The expected footprint also appears close to the P2S, with talk of a roughly 256 x 256 x 256 mm build volume.

Bambu Lab’s X1 line earned outsized attention for a reason. The company launched it in 2022 through a Kickstarter campaign that raised more than $7 million, and the platform became the benchmark many hobbyists used to judge speed, automation and out-of-box reliability. With the X1 now in EOL, April 14 looks like the moment Bambu decides how much of that formula carries into the next flagship.