Lenovo’s massive slate of CES 2025 launches included a broad update to its Yoga line of premium ultraportable and 2-in-1 laptops. The Lenovo Yoga 9i Slim is this year's marquee model, the world’s first laptop with a camera-under-display (CUD) webcam system. It’s also a Copilot+ PC with access to the full suite of Windows 11 AI features.
Not content there, Lenovo also showed off a glowed-up Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition, which is a Copilot+ PC that includes Lenovo’s custom AI tools and system-use settings. Pulling up the rear (simply because one of them has to) is the dual-screen Yoga Book 9i, which is not a Copilot+ PC and instead focuses on creator-level rendering and encoding performance.
Lenovo will also sell more budget-oriented models with a taste of some of the features and power displayed by the 9i-series versions, like the Yoga 7i 2-in-1 and IdeaPad Pro 5i. See some of these new Yoga laptops in action in the video above, and read on for more details on each relaunched model.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i: A Streamlined, Souped-Up Clamshell
First up is Lenovo’s leading Yoga laptop only in name: a standard (albeit high-end) clamshell that doesn’t bend backward but instead focuses on making a world-first. You won’t find any special display cutout for a webcam on this laptop.
That’s because the Yoga Slim 9i is the first laptop with a webcam positioned beneath the display, allowing for a massive 98% screen-to-body ratio. We’ve seen this technology on smartphones already, but it’s finally made the leap to laptops with the Yoga Slim 9i for 2025. Oh, and it has a massive 32-megapixel sensor, so it’s a decent shooter, too.
Lenovo outfitted the Yoga Slim 9i with a single display option: a 14-inch, 4K (2400p) OLED touch screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, perfect color coverage across all three gamuts, 750 nits of peak brightness, HDR True Black 600, and low-blue-light Eyesafe certification. Save for the variable refresh rate, this is perhaps an even more packed panel than the 2-in-1.
As a Copilot+ PC, this laptop can only be configured with Intel Core Ultra 200V processors up to the Core Ultra 7 258V. It can pair with up to 32GB of RAM and up to a 1TB SSD, the same as the 2-in-1. Like above, it all amounts to a highly capable portable PC enabling a luxury experience.
Weighing just 2.76 pounds to start and measuring a papery 0.57 inches thick, this ultraportable lives up to its name and that luxury promise. However, having more than two Thunderbolt 4 ports would be helpful, a sacrifice for those extra tenths of an inch of thinness. (At least it has the fastest Wi-Fi you can get in Wi-Fi 7.)
We’re excited to try out this hidden webcam when the Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i, which starts at a steep $1,849, arrives this February.
Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition: A Top-Tier 2-in-1 Gets Another Glow-Up
Lenovo's newest top-tier 2-in-1 is the Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition, a 14-inch convertible hybrid with Intel Core Ultra 200V processing up to the Core Ultra 7 258V. With that chip inside, the Yoga 9i 2-in-1 gets access to Microsoft’s full suite of Copilot+ AI features in Windows 11 and Lenovo’s own set of AI-based tools.
The latter consists of customized use modes focused on oddly specific concerns, like physical wellness and focused attention. It works by automatically adjusting system settings to support those scenarios. Of course, the 16GB-to-32GB of memory will also be crucial for these AI features.
Lenovo can outfit the Yoga 9i 2-in-1 with as much as 1TB of solid-state storage, which isn’t immense but also not terrible for a laptop that measures just 0.63 inches thick and weighs only 2.91 pounds to start.
Lenovo hasn’t shared the entire range of Yoga 9i 2-in-1 display options but rather just teased its top-level 1800p touch screen. It’s a 14-inch 2.8K OLED display with 1,100 nits of peak brightness, a 120Hz variable refresh rate, nearly perfect color coverage, HDR True Black 600, and low-blue-light Eyesafe certification. This is an absolutely packed panel, to say the least.
Despite its eminent portability, Lenovo also crammed the laptop with three USB-C ports (two being Thunderbolt 4 and the other USB4 for charging) and a USB Type-A Gen 3.2 connection. (Wi-Fi 7 onboard the processor handles internet connectivity.) At first glance, this glossy laptop looks like a stunner and is worth some hype going into 2025. The Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition will land this February in “Cosmic Blue” and “Luna Grey” colorways starting at $1,599, including a redesigned Yoga Pen stylus in the box.
Lenovo Yoga Book 9i: Enough to Warrant Another Sequel
We’ve praised Lenovo’s dual-screen Yoga Book laptop since its 2023 debut, but I struggle to see the appeal at its price. I must be in the minority because here we are with a Yoga Book threequel, if you will, which reduces thickness and weight while increasing battery size and taking on Intel Arrow Lake processing.
This time, Lenovo managed to cram an 88Whr battery into a dual-screen laptop that’s nearly a third of a pound lighter at 2.69 pounds and a few tenths of an inch thinner at 0.61 inches thick.
This 2025 model supplies just one processor option: an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H. This chip has more raw power than a 200V-series chip but doesn’t have nearly as dense a neural processor on the die, so it cannot support the full suite of Copilot+ functions in Windows. Like the other Yoga laptops listed here, the Yoga Book 9i can rock as much as 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.
Lenovo's displays are now 14 inches instead of 13 at the same 1800p resolution with a roomier 16:10 aspect ratio, using bendable POLED technology instead of straight OLED. POLED stands for “Plastic Organic Light Emitting Diode,” which uses a plastic substrate instead of glass to increase thinness and durability. However, to be clear, this isn’t a bending-screen laptop but rather a dual-screen one.
The two panels' features list also includes a peak brightness of 750 nits, 100% DCI-P3 color coverage, a 120Hz variable refresh rate, and low-blue-light Eyesafe technology.
This thinner and lighter design still maintains the three Thunderbolt 4 ports, which were already on the slight side. (Like the others, Wi-Fi 7 enables the latest internet speeds with a compatible router.)
All told, I’m impressed by this laptop’s technological feats and staying power, now in its third generation. You get all of the same unique functions with the dual displays, enabled by the included kickstand and keyboard cover, now even more powerful and long-lasting. It’s hard to come down on that sort of broad improvement even if I wanted to.
The Lenovo Yoga Book 9i will not arrive until this May. It will start at a cool $1,999, which isn’t terrible for two 4K OLED—sorry, POLED—touch displays.
Lenovo will also release new laptop options for value-oriented consumers this year. The 16-inch ($949) and 14-inch ($899) Yoga 7i 2-in-1 will be available starting February 2025. They feature 1800p, 120Hz touch-screen options, and an optional Yoga Pen stylus. A higher-power IdeaPad Pro will also launch this July for $1,499, bringing Core Ultra 9-grade processors to push pixels at up to 135 watts.
Come back throughout 2025 for fully tested reviews of each of these systems, as we intend to benchmark and rate them all.
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