Lenovo officially shows off ThinkBook rotatable PC concept at IFA 2025, dubbed Project Pivo

Project Pivo is Lenovo’s new proof‑of‑concept ThinkBook with a party trick that solves what could be a daily annoyance for some users: the screen rotates between landscape and portrait, and the interface follows suit. You can flip to portrait for long documents, code, feeds, or vertical video; or swing back for timelines and spreadsheets. The hinge and chassis are built to let that rotation feel robust rather than delicate, and the software layer adapts layouts as the panel turns, so windows can re‑flow without manual fiddling.

This isn’t a dual‑screen experiment or a flexible OLED showcase. It’s a single, solid panel that treats portrait as a priority on a laptop. Lenovo’s broader context also plays into this: Smart Connect ties PCs and phones, and the company has been prototyping motion‑assist stands and novel displays for a while now. Pivo sits neatly in that niche.

Because it’s a PoC (Proof of concept), there are no timelines or configurations on paper yet. The point today is basically validation: does the hinge hold up, does the UI rotation feel instant, and do people who already twist their necks in front of vertical content finally get a laptop that twists instead? If feedback turns out to be positive, we can expect Lenovo to translate the concept into a production‑grade ThinkBook with the usual enterprise fit and finish in the future.

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