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Lenovo’s voice-controlled twisting laptop computer is formally hitting the market later this 12 months, and Mashable bought to go hands-on with it at CES 2026. The PC big nonetheless has one kink to iron out earlier than it lands in shoppers’ arms this summer time, however general the machine is a enjoyable and constructive twist on the 2-in-1 type issue.
Introduced Tuesday, the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist is a novel hybrid enterprise PC with a swiveling 14-inch touchscreen that rotates on a motorized hinge. The consumer can open, shut, and reposition its lid manually or by saying “Hey Tiko” adopted by a voice command. If obligatory, you’ll be able to swap it between clamshell and pill modes with out lifting a finger. The display can flip 90 levels to the suitable and a full 180 levels to the left.
Do the twist.
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The Auto Twist has another enjoyable tips up its sleeve. Its 10MP webcam can comply with your face, and in case you scoot too far to at least one facet of the body, the machine will routinely modify the place of its show to verify it is at all times dealing with you. This appears excellent for displays.
Moreover, the Auto Twist’s webcam helps an AI-powered “Desk View” characteristic that lets it go searching and analyze objects close to it. A Lenovo rep had it sniff out a spec card that was sitting subsequent to it; the machine’s lid swiveled round in order that the digital camera may discover and scan its contents. It additionally clocked the size and worth level of the spiral-bound pocket book I used to be holding whereas standing in entrance of it. (Six-by-eight inches, $5 to $10, college-ruled.)
Hey chat.
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Booting up the Auto Twist’s “Companion Mode” places a pair of eyes on its display that jogged my memory of a minimalist Nick Jr. “Face.” If you chat with it, the display’s place strikes because it “thinks” and “emotes.” Obligatory? No. Cute? Kinda!
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I bumped into one snag at any time when I manually rotated the Auto Twist’s display again up from pill mode, which might trigger its image to get caught upside-down. A Lenovo rep was capable of re-orient it within the settings menu, however I am hoping a repair is coming pre-release.
Left:
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Proper:
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The Auto Twist initially debuted as a prototype on the IFA commerce present in September 2024. Lenovo says the market-ready model has a quicker, quieter, smoother, and extra sturdy hinge with a refined electromotor design. It additionally bought upgraded with a nicer 2.8K OLED show.
The Auto Twist is powered by an Intel Core Extremely Sequence 3 processor with built-in Intel Graphics, as much as 32GB of reminiscence, and as much as 2TB of storage. Its OLED display has a 120Hz refresh charge and 500 nits of brightness. Its Dolby Atmos audio system rotate with the display so that they are at all times front-facing, guaranteeing clear audio high quality.
Tremendous smooth.
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The Auto Twist hasn’t been rated for battery life, however Lenovo notes in a press launch that its 75Wh battery “gives long-lasting productiveness.”
The machine is supplied with an honest mixture of ports, together with two Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports, an HDMI port, and a headphone jack. It measures 0.63 to 0.94 inches skinny, and it begins at 3.09 kilos. It is available in a Luna Grey end, and it is set for launch in June with a base value of $1,649.
You realize you twist so nice.
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The Auto Twist marks Lenovo’s third crack at a laptop computer with a twisting show after 2012’s ThinkPad Twist and 2023’s ThinkPad Plus Twist. The latter was quirkier in that it had an second e-ink touchscreen on the again of its lid, although neither older machine supported voice instructions, giving the Auto Twist an edge from an accessibility standpoint.
The Auto Twist is not to be confused with Lenovo’s ThinkBook VertiFlex Idea from IFA 2025, which had a display that rotated from panorama to portrait mode just like a Samsung Sero TV. Lenovo’s communications supervisor Jeff Witt advised me through electronic mail that it is nonetheless only a idea — for now. “Give us a while,” he mentioned.
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