Lenovo introduced Qira at CES in Las Vegas as a built-in AI assistant designed to move with users across select Lenovo PCs, Motorola smartphones, and other connected devices, rather than living inside a standalone app. The company pitches Qira as “personal ambient intelligence” that can remember what you were doing, understand context, and suggest follow-up actions to keep work flowing across screens. Lenovo and Motorola say Qira will arrive later in Q1 2026, with Lenovo Qira on select PCs and Motorola Qira on phones. A notable emphasis across announcements is a hybrid design that prioritizes on-device processing and asks permission before collecting user data, aiming to make everyday AI help feel more private and practical.

Highlights:

• What it can do: Demonstrations and previews describe features such as “Next Move” proactive suggestions, “Write For Me” text help, live conversations that can share your screen and camera, plus on-device image creation.
• System-level design: Lenovo says Qira runs at the system level and stays “always present,” so users don’t have to launch or switch into a separate assistant app.
• Three pillars: Lenovo frames Qira around “presence, actions, and perception,” including orchestrating actions across apps/devices and building a “living model of the user’s world” over time.
• Unifying Lenovo-Moto AI: Motorola says Qira consolidates Moto AI, Lenovo AI Now, Creator Zone, and Learning Zone into one interface and wake word with shared memory/context between products.
• Competitive positioning: PCMag characterizes Qira as Lenovo’s attempt to deliver Apple/Google-style continuity between a PC and a phone, while ZDNET notes it could pressure Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini by offering a vendor-native assistant layer.

Every aspect of the Lenovo Qira experience is designed to be secure, ethical, and accountable. - Lenovo

Perspectives:

• Lenovo: Lenovo presents Qira as an “ambient” assistant that can follow you across devices, proactively suggest next steps, and coordinate actions across apps while leaning on on-device processing plus “secure” cloud services for privacy and accountability claims. (PCWorld)
• Motorola: Motorola frames Qira as an ecosystem that unifies its existing AI tools with Lenovo’s, emphasizing one interface/wake word and shared memory and context across Moto and Lenovo products. (Android Authority)
• Engadget (analysis): Engadget notes “assistant fatigue” in the market and questions whether adding another assistant fits what users want, also flagging open questions about how Qira will coexist with Copilot and Gemini and what the device-performance impact might be. (Engadget)
• The Verge (analysis): The Verge argues Lenovo’s scale as the top PC maker puts it in a position to shape how AI gets adopted day-to-day, because bundled, integrated assistants can reach millions of users regardless of who builds the underlying models. (The Verge)

Sources:

• Lenovo unveils AI agent to bridge PCs, phones and wearables at CES - techxplore.com
• Lenovo introduces Qira, a system-level, cross-device AI assistant for both its computers and Motorola smartphones, arriving later in Q1 2026 (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget) - techmeme.com
• Lenovo is building an AI assistant that ‘can act on your behalf’ - theverge.com
• Lenovo and Motorola reveal Qira, an AI assistant that wants to do it all - digitaltrends.com
• Meet Qira AI, Lenovo’s big bet on an ever-present AI helper - pcworld.com
• Lenovo's Qira AI Finally Connects the Dots Between PCs and Phones - pcmag.com
• Lenovo and Motorola are releasing their own on-device AI assistant - engadget.com
• Lenovo's new AI assistant may give Copilot and Gemini some serious competition - zdnet.com
• Qira AI assistant coming to Lenovo, Motorola devices this year - mobilesyrup.com
• Qira unites the smartest features of Motorola and Lenovo - androidauthority.com
• Lenovo unveils the AI tools it hopes will supercharge your productivity at work - techradar.com
• Motorola and Lenovo's New Qira AI Assistant Will Live Across All Their Devices - cnet.com