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Lenovo’s Yoga Mini i is Lenovo’s answer to one of the hottest categories around: the mini PC. And yes, it’s round, with a light bar that’s as productive as it is fun. Lenovo claims that this devices takes up a liter of volume. It does not, according to a rather indignant product manager that insisted that the total volume might be closer to 0.85 liters instead. In any event, the Yoga Mini i will ship in June for an estimated starting price of $699. Mini PCs have begun to surge in popularity, partly because they can offer a substantial amount of computing horsepower in very little space. They’ve become the territory of ambitious Taiwanese and smaller Chinese vendors, but Lenovo, traditionally at or near the top of the PC vendor list, is determined to make its mark. How? Though a nifty little light bar that runs underneath this mini PC. Naturally, you can configure the color within a Windows application, and you can tell the Mini i to light the bar or flash it in a variety of scenarios: when it detects your presence, when something happens (like an email), or any number of other configurable situations. The Lenovo Yoga Mini i mini PC can be controlled via the Lenovo AI Turbo Engine app.Mark Hachman / Foundry The Lenovo Yoga Mini I uses Wi-Fi sensing, a technology that Intel debuted in the Core Ultra 200, or “Lunar Lake.” Imagine sitting by a still, foggy pond, whose surface begins to ripple and splash as something moves through it. Wi-Fi sensing can’t tell the Mini i who’s there, but it can wake up the device. The mini PC has an integrated fingerprint sensor to identify and authenticate the user. Lenovo’s demo showcase proclaimed its close alliance with Intel, and no wonder: the Mini i includes the core Ultra X7 358H inside of it, one of the “Panther Lake” chip variants due for a more formal unveiling here at CES 2026. This mini PC can be literally held in the hand, but the Lenovo Yoga Mini i really isn’t portable.Mark Hachman / Foundry The Lenovo Yoga Mini i weighs just 1.32 lb, and Lenovo feels that it’s small enough to be moved from room, or even into a backpack. I don’t agree; disconnecting all those cords and cables will be a pain. It’s 5.12 inches in diameter, and just under 2 inches thick. On the outside, there’s a Thunderbolt 4 port, two 10Gbps USB-C ports (one designed to accept power), an HDMI 2.1 interface, and a 5Gbps USB-A port, too. An Ethernet jack accepts up to 2.5Gbps inputs. Ports, ports, ports adorn the Lenovo Yoga Mini i .Mark Hachman / Foundry Lenovo is still saying that the Mini i can include up to 32GB of LPDDR5x memory and up to a 2TB PCIe SSD, apparently banking on what the company says is a stockpile of memory and storage components to help offset sharp price increases. We also don’t know the minimum specification. But $699 is a pretty diminutive price for this mini PC. Read...

The ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist may be a mouthful to say, but the concept is a simple one: it’s a laptop that can recognize you and swivels itself to face you. Why? Because not everyone sits at their desk. Lenovo’s new ThinkBook might be useful for lecturers walking around a stage or simply for those people who can’t help but pace during a video call. And if that’s not enough, the laptop can pop up at your command. If you’ve been following Lenovo, you probably are familiar with the company’s ongoing proofs-of-concept, which generally evolve into actual products. That’s the case for the ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist, which my colleague Chris Martin of Tech Advisor saw Lenovo show off in 2024. Today, Lenovo is announcing it as a product, shipping in June 2026 for a starting price of $1,649. Lenovo has shown off similar concepts in the past: at CES 2025, for example, Lenovo showed off a display that could twist and track your face as you moved, presenting the display at an optimal angle. That’s the same concept as the Auto Twist. It swivels, and opens and closes so that the screen is facing you at all times. It’s similar to the OBSBOT webcams I’ve reviewed for PCWorld, which have an independent gimbal that allows the camera to twist and turn to follow your face. Lenovo’s Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist incorporates a “Space Frame” motif that collects all of the I/O components in the same area without needing to extend the thicker portion of the laptop across its entire length. Mark Hachman / Foundry While I didn’t have a chance to test the original proof of concept, Lenovo now says that the electromagnetic motors inside the Auto Twist are quieter than before. They’re certainly not silent, however. Lenovo also showed off the laptop’s ability to respond to gestures and even spoken commands. Otherwise, the new ThinkBook Auto Twist is very similar to the other business and consumer laptops Lenovo is showing off here at CES 2026. Inside the 14-inch ThinkBook is an Intel Core Ultra Series 3, code-named Panther Lake. The display itself is a 2.8K touchscreen OLED, with a 120Hz refresh rate and one capable of pumping out 500 nits of brightness. Frankly, I was surprised that Lenovo seems committed to giving this ThinkBook premium specs: up to 32GB of LPDDR5x DDR5 memory, and up to 2TB of M.2 2280 PCIe SSD storage. Of course, who knows what they’ll cost, given the ongoing memory shortage which has driven DRAM and storage prices through the roof. Inside is a 75 watt-hour battery, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth, paired with a pair of Thunderbolt 4 ports. The notebook weighs in at 3.09 pounds. The other side of the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist. On the screen some of the controls can be glimpsed including the laptops’ ability to use voice commands. Mark Hachman / Foundry I didn’t have time to really dig into the the ThinkBook, though my brief hands-on showed that it worked as advertised. I’m a little curious to see how sensitive it will be over time, reacting to minor head movements and glances between multiple displays. I’d also agree with Chris Martin’s assessment that it might be a little jerky when moving around the room, leading to a rough experience to whoever you’re talking to. Sure, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist might be a bit niche. Maybe even weird. But everyone still wrestles with laptops and webcams that don’t always show your face, directly facing the camera. Lenovo’s ongoing work in this area may continue to pay dividends down the road. Read...

At CES 2026, Lenovo showed up with a big gaming refresh that focuses less on a single exorbitantly expensive laptop and more on options for different types of gamers. But there’s one concept laptop that both confused and delighted me. That concept is the Legion Pro Rollable (pictured above) and it’s exactly what it sounds like. It starts as a 16-inch gaming laptop, but the OLED screen can physically roll out to 21.5 inches or a full 24 inches. Lenovo says it’s meant for on-the-go esports players who train on big monitors. Internally, it’s based on the Legion Pro 7i and packs top-tier Intel Core Ultra chips and an RTX 5090 Laptop GPU. Lenovo The Legion 7a is thinner and lighter than last year’s model, runs AMD’s new Ryzen AI 400 processors, and pairs them with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50-series graphics, which can push up to 125W. Lenovo’s positioning it as a machine you can game on, but also use it for coding or 3D work. The Legion 5 series sits right below that. You can get it with Intel or AMD CPUs, but either way you’re still getting RTX 50-series GPUs, OLED displays, and Lenovo’s AI Engine+ tuning for when you want to adjust the power and thermals. This is the mainstream option for those who want strong gaming performance without dropping tons of cash. Then there’s the LOQ lineup, which is geared more toward students and people buying their first gaming PC. It’s cheaper and simpler, but still fast enough to run modern games.  Prices start at $1,149 for the LOQ, while most Legion models fall between $1,499 and $1,999, with a spring 2026 release. Read...