Lenovo’s Auto Twist laptop is going from concept to real product

At CES 2026, Lenovo is announcing a new ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist laptop. Once a concept, the 14-inch thin-and-light sports a motorized pivoting hinge, allowing it to twist and angle its screen toward you. It can be manually controlled, but the real trick is tracking your head and automatically adjusting to your position or posture. It can follow you around a portion of a room while giving a presentation, and you can knock on its closed lid to have it automatically open. The Auto Twist will also have an emoji-like AI companion software that reminds me of GERTY from the 2009 sci-fi movie Moon, turning to follow you and react to your actions. I saw a brief demo of it, and it seemed cute when it waved with its little hands or put on sunglasses. But it was slow to load and seemed awkward to use after the novelty wears off. The Auto Twist also supports live language translation, turning the screen back and forth to each speaker. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/258166_Lenovo_ThinkBook_Plus_Gen7_Auto_Twist_laptop_CES_2026_ADiBenedetto_0001.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/258166_Lenovo_ThinkBook_Plus_Gen7_Auto_Twist_laptop_CES_2026_ADiBenedetto_0004.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/258166_Lenovo_ThinkBook_Plus_Gen7_Auto_Twist_laptop_CES_2026_ADiBenedetto_0005.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/258166_Lenovo_ThinkBook_Plus_Gen7_Auto_Twist_laptop_CES_2026_ADiBenedetto_0006.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/258166_Lenovo_ThinkBook_Plus_Gen7_Auto_Twist_laptop_CES_2026_ADiBenedetto_0007.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] As for the conventional laptop stuff, the Auto Twist’s screen is a 2880 x 1800 / 120Hz OLED touchscreen with stylus support, it weighs 3.09 pounds / 1.4 kg, and it’s packing Intel Panther Lake chips. It’s set to launch in June with a starting price of $1,649. Photography by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge