CES 2026 is right around the corner, and no one parties harder at the world’s biggest trade show than Lenovo. Well, I’m sure someone does (it is Vegas, after all). But Lenovo is prolific with its announcements — last year, it unveiled over 50 products, and some of the best laptops came out of it. So it’s more than likely we’re going to see a big splash from Lenovo this year.
Lenovo is holding its Tech World event on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. PT. We’ll see Lenovo Chairman and CEO, Yuanqing Yang, take the stage at The Sphere in Las Vegas, where he’ll unveil the company’s latest projects. You’ll be able to livestream it from home (register here).
So what can we expect from Lenovo in 2026?
Everything is about AI (because of course it is)
While it’s not surprising at this point, but Lenovo is going to be talking about AI… a lot. Specifically, a “smarter AI for all.” That’s vague, to say the least.
What we do know is that Lenovo is partnering with FIFA to deliver the world’s first AI-powered FIFA World Cup. The company is also involved in FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. Lenovo plans to talk more about it at its Tech World event.
Getting into sports isn’t a shocking development for Lenovo. The company has partnered with Formula 1 since 2022. But this year, Lenovo delivered its AI solutions. Lara Rodini, Global Sponsorships & Activation Director at Lenovo, talked to NSS Sports about how “AI-enhanced hardware can help improve live-streaming by automatically detecting and correcting low-quality frames.” That sounds neat, but Lenovo Tech World isn’t all about sports, is it? Nope.
Lenovo is pushing its idea for a “Hybrid AI strategy,” which seems to be more about providing services for businesses (at least right now). Chairman Yang mentioned that he wants to launch the next step of the company’s strategy on an “individual level” as well.
Lenovo also wants AI to “get personal,” and to shape AI in a way “that understands you.” I am highly skeptical about what Lenovo thinks that looks like in practice. We know that its AI solutions already work on AI content creation, which is a major red flag for any artist worth their salt. Lenovo’s Hybrid AI is also used for data science. Data aggregation is one of the better uses of AI, but Lenovo wants its solution to analyze that data, too. That can be dicey. As we’ve seen time and time again, AI just can’t give us all the right answers.
But I’m not here for the AI solutions — I want to see that new tech. One of the things I’m most excited about is Lenovo’s handheld gaming devices. Last year, we saw announcements for the Legion Go S and the Legion Go 2, all of which since launched to somewhat disappointing reception. I’ve been using the Legion Go S, and while I do enjoy it, the comfort can’t keep up with the new Xbox Ally X. If Lenovo is still playing within that space (and it should), we might see another slew of handheld gaming announcements.
What we’re all but guaranteed to see, however, is a bombardment of laptop announcements, everything from ThinkPads and Yogas to Legions and IdeaPads (this one is a maybe — there was only one last year). It’s always nice to get new gaming or business laptops, but I’m keeping my eye on new Yoga launches — these are the cream of the crop in terms of premium consumer laptops. I’d put them up there with Apple’s MacBooks.
We’ll see how Intel’s rumored Panther Lake chipset operates in these laptops, too. Of course, Lenovo also manufactures desktops as well, including gaming PCs, mini-PCs and all-in-one devices. While there are a lot of Intel-based Lenovo devices, it also uses AMD, which will likely announce its new chipsets as well.
Lenovo also makes monitors, tablets, and a bunch of other peripherals that we may see announcements for. But I’m not really excited about anything in those categories. I will say that while Android tablets aren’t great, Lenovo’s Tab series is generally pretty reliable and affordable. Still, I wouldn’t put it up against an iPad.
What would really be exciting is to see new innovative designs, like the transparent laptop that Lenovo teased last year, and the rollable laptop it showed off the year before that. Breaking norms with high-concept devices is always fun, even if they’re not very practical. But it would be nice to get an actual product, and ideally one that doesn’t cost several thousand dollars.
CES 2026 is right around the corner, so we won’t have to wait much longer to see what Lenovo has in store for us. For better or worse, AI is one of the biggest trends right now, so we’ll see if Lenovo can make it noticeably useful to the average consumer without the usual problematic woes of AI.
