Lenovo shows off AI Workmate Concept at Mobile World Congress 2026

In addition to upcoming releases for its mainstream product lines, Lenovo is also showing off concept devices that may or may not release—including an AI Workmate with a fairly unique form factor and feature set. Per Lenovo, it's intended as an always-on desk companion, with support for a wide range of inputs processed locally by integrated AI, including voice and motion controls. The lens of the AI Workmate is where things get most interesting, though: through its lens, the Lenovo AI Workmate can project a 1080p display at up to 200 lumens brightness and 40 inches. 

The full extent of the lens' capabilities weren't made clear with limited hands-on time or description of the device, but Lenovo does describe the entire device as "designed to support practical business tasks such as scanning and summarizing documents, organizing notes, and assisting with the creation of presentations and other work content". Whether that "scanning" just means typical AI scanning and summarizing or being able to scan a physical document through the lens is unclear, but such a feature could be favored in the enterprise environments the device is aimed at. The official camera specifications for the lenses are given as "5MP RGB Camera x2", so the device should at least suffice as a webcam. Two functioning "eyes" may also enable features like stereoscopic 3D recording and depth-enhanced AI backgrounds for video conferencing.

Besides the angle of the Lenovo AI Workmate as an always-on assistant bot, most of the specs we actually have point toward it being a highly-unusual PC. In its current form, the AI Workmate concept supports Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs and contains a 1TB NVMe SSD with a whopping 64GB of LPDDR5X 5533 MT/s RAM. Besides the projector, there's also a 5.4-inch 480 x 480 LCD display module, a quad mic array with dual speakers, and up-to-date wireless support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 radios. There is no information yet given on potential pricing or release.

If Lenovo's AI Workmate concept does wind up launching as a real product, we imagine its success will depend on the true depth of its functionality and exactly how scalable it winds up being. Not all customers will want to overspend on 64 GB of RAM for a device being used to supplement their existing desktop, after all. We suppose that with the right I/O and docking station breakout, the AI Workmate could double as the entire PC once your input devices are all connected, though that could be highly impractical for certain use cases. 

Lenovo's AI Work Companion Concept, meanwhile, looks like it would more easily slide in to existing workspaces without issue, though it doesn't have the same anthropomorphic elements or flashy projector functionality.