At CES 2026, Lenovo is saying a brand new ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist laptop computer. As soon as a concept, the 14-inch thin-and-light sports activities a motorized pivoting hinge, permitting it to twist and angle its display towards you. It may be manually managed, however the true trick is monitoring your head and robotically adjusting to your place or posture. It will possibly comply with you round a portion of a room whereas giving a presentation, and you may knock on its closed lid to have it robotically open.
The Auto Twist can even have an emoji-like AI companion software program that jogs my memory of GERTY from the 2009 sci-fi film Moon, turning to comply with you and react to your actions. I noticed a quick demo of it, and it appeared cute when it waved with its little fingers or placed on sun shades. Nevertheless it was gradual to load and appeared awkward to make use of after the novelty wears off. The Auto Twist additionally helps reside language translation, turning the display forwards and backwards to every speaker.
As for the traditional laptop computer stuff, the Auto Twist’s display is a 2880 x 1800 / 120Hz OLED touchscreen with stylus assist, it weighs 3.09 kilos / 1.4 kg, and it’s packing Intel Panther Lake chips. It’s set to launch in June with a beginning worth of $1,649.
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