Lenovo is rethinking how AI fits into everyday computing.
At CES 2026, the company unveiled Lenovo Qira, a system-level personal intelligence designed to work quietly across your devices rather than living inside a single app.
Unlike traditional AI assistants that require opening a chatbot or switching tools, Lenovo Qira is built directly into the operating system. It’s designed to stay present in the background, understand context, and step in only when it’s useful, whether you’re moving between a laptop, phone, tablet or wearable.
The idea is continuity. Lenovo Qira carries the same intelligence across Lenovo and Motorola devices, maintaining awareness as you switch screens or tasks. Lenovo describes this as a shift from app-based AI to ambient, system-level intelligence, with Qira learning user intent over time and offering help in a more natural, less intrusive way.
That intelligence is built around three core pillars. Presence means Qira is always available through natural entry points, including a voice wake phrase, a dedicated key or a persistent on-screen shortcut.
Actions allows Qira to actually get things done on your behalf, coordinating tasks across apps and devices, even offline in some cases, rather than just answering questions.
Perception ties it together, building a contextual understanding based on user-approved data, interactions and documents, with privacy controls at the centre.
Lenovo is also positioning Qira around practical, everyday moments rather than abstract AI promises. Features like Next Move offer contextual suggestions based on what you’re doing, while Write For Me assists with emails, documents and notes directly where you’re already working.
There’s also Catch Me Up, which summarises activity after you step away, and Pay Attention, which supports meetings with live transcription, translation and summaries.
For more focused creative work, Lenovo says deeper AI tools will live inside dedicated spaces such as Creator Zone, keeping heavier editing and visual generation separate from day-to-day workflows.
Privacy is a significant part of the pitch. Lenovo Qira uses a hybrid AI setup that prioritises on-device processing to keep personal data local, with cloud services extending capabilities when needed. Lenovo says user consent, transparency and control are baked into how Qira learns and operates.
Lenovo Qira will begin rolling out on select Lenovo devices in Q1 2026, with Motorola Qira following on supported Motorola smartphones. Existing Lenovo AI Now users will receive the update over the air, with wider expansion planned over time.
Rather than shouting for attention, Lenovo Qira is designed to fade into the background, an AI that’s meant to feel less like a tool you open and more like a system that quietly keeps up.
