Today at IFA 2016, Lenovo announced new additions to their multimode PC family, including the new Yoga 910 convertible laptop and the Miix 510 detachable, along with the Yoga Book, the 2-in-11 tablet. Yoga Book

The Yoga Book tablet has been designed for productivity while on-the-go. The tablet

With two panels that open up like an ultrathin notebook, the Yoga Book is slender and years removed from the tablet that you’re accustomed to using on the go or while sitting in your home. The Yoga Book is 9.6mm closed, tapering to 4.05mm at its slimmest edge – a thickness of just under three pennies. And it’s also the lightest 2-in-1 in the world at 690 grams (1.52 pounds).

It offers a 15-hour battery life and a watchband hinge that folds 360 degrees. And if users don’t feel like working, they’ll have a top-of-the-line entertainment tablet to keep them company, with a 10.1-inch IPS FHD screen, high-quality sound enhanced with Dolby Atmos and 64GB of memory.

The Yoga Book’s first productivity feature is also what makes the thin and light design possible: the halo keyboard, a full touch screen backlit keyboard that weaves software and hardware into one fluid interface. The touch screen is made with glass that was chosen to give a rough, matte feel and finish, along with anti-glare coating. The keyboard lacks any physical keys, showing up as a solid white outline on the Yoga Book’s second panel only when it’s needed. The halo keyboard constantly 'learns about and adapts to' the typing habits of its user, with built-in prediction and artificial learning software. This software also allows for continuous optimization.

The flush surface of the halo keyboard feature also allows for a few additional uses when paired with the Yoga Book’s standard real-pen accessory, a dual-use stylus. Users can now write with the real-pen accessory that holds real ink tips onto a piece of paper or notepad covering the multi-use keyboard panel, or as a stylus when applied straight onto the panel. Everything they create, from doodles and drawings to notes, is instantly digitized and saved with the Lenovo note-saving app. Roughly the size of a conventional ink pen, the real-pen accessory is powered by Wacom feel IT technologies to work with the electro-magnetic resonance (EMR) film housed within the multi-use keyboard, which enables this real-time digitization.

The multi-use keyboard and real-pen accessory recreate the natural feel of drawing flat on a paper surface instead of directly onto a computer screen, without having to block parts of the art work with the hand or stylus. Or you can draw directly on the screen as well, depending on preference. The real-pen accessory can draw with the precision of a pencil or paintbrush, with 2,048 pressure levels and 100-degree angle detection.

On the software side, the Yoga Book features the Book UI, a specially adapted Android 6.0 operating system . The Book UI allows several apps to run at once through multiple windows that can be pinned, maximized or minimized, as well as a taskbar that keeps track of your apps and common Windows keyboard shortcuts and action keys. This additional new workload is handled by the Yoga Book’s Intel Atom X5 processor and 4GB of memory. And Windows users also have the option to work on that platform, as the Yoga Book is available on Windows 10.

A Yoga Book with Android is available in Gold or Gunmetal, while the Yoga Book with Windows comes in Carbon Black.

Pricing for the Yoga Book will start at €499 for the Android version and €599 for the Windows version. All will be globally available beginning in September. In the US, the Yoga Book will be sold online by the end of October.

The Lenovo Yoga 910 is a very thin Intel Core i convertible laptop – just 0.56 in – and a convertible designed for both work and entertainment. The Yoga 910 has an embedded advanced fingerprint reader so, with the touch of a finger, you can log onto your PC using Windows Hello without entering a long password. It also offers a choice of a 4K or Full HD screen and near edgeless display (5mm bezel) that offers better screen area and better pixel density for clearer images.

Other features include:

• Powered by Windows 10
• Up to 15.5 hours of battery life
• Available with up to Intel’s latest 7th Gen Core i7 processor
• Music and sound are enhanced with Dolby Audio Premium
• New all-metal unibody casing available in Champagne Gold, Platinum Silver and Gunmetal
• The signature watchband hinge enables flexible usage modes –type in laptop mode, present in stand mode, watch videos in tent mode or browse in tablet mode

The Yoga 910 starts at $1299, available starting in October 2016 on lenovo.com.

The Miix 510 with Windows 10 gives you the format and functionality of a tablet with the comfort of having a full-size, fully functioning keyboard. With the laptop power of up to 6th Gen Intel Core i7 processor to create content, the Miix 510 detaches from its keyboard, turning into a standalone tablet for online entertainment. Combined with a full-size touchscreen, you can take notes, sketch, draw and create in any way you want using Windows Ink. The Miix 510 is versatile enough to carry you from day to night with up to 7.5 hours of battery life.

Other features include:

• Powered by Windows 10
• 2-inch touchscreen
• Up to 1TB of PCIe SSD (solid-state drive) storage
• Beyond Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, the Miix 510 includes optional LTE – so you can use a mobile network when you don’t have Wi-Fi
• Weighs less than 2 pounds without the keyboard for easy carrying on-the-go
  280 individual pieces of stainless steel give the integrated kickstand 150-degree angle adjustment, so it’s comfortable to use

The Miix 510 (keyboard included) starts at $599, available beginning in October 2016 on lenovo.com.

VR-ready Google Daydream devices on the way

Lenovo is also joining Google’s effort to bring virtual reality to the masses with new devices planned for the Daydream hardware and software platform.

Google’s Daydream brings virtual reality to users via mobile devices. Users can fit Daydream-compatible Android smartphones in VR headsets to roam 3D worlds, interact with friends, and view streaming movies.

"We have some Daydream products on the roadmap, Jeff Meredith, general manager and vice president of Lenovo’s Android and Chrome Computing Business Group.

Although not confirmed, the products will likely be a smartphone and a VR headset. Google has strict rules on which smartphones and headsets qualify for Daydream, which is based on Android 7.0.

No Daydream device is available yet. But mobile VR headsets like Samsung’s Gear VR and Google Cardboard have sold well, and the number of low-cost VR headsets available is growing.

Companies building mobile devices for Daydream include Samsung, HTC, LG, Xiaomi, Huawei, ZTE, Asus, and Alcatel.