Lenovo has added a video looping capability that allows users to briefly duck out of calls.
Revealed at CES 2024, it functions by a user recording a three-second video of themselves. The video is then looped in forward and reverse until the user is back and ready to re-engage with the call.
The function is accessed via a sidebar in Windows called AI Now, which brings up Lenovo's new AI-powered personal assistant to launch services or change system settings.
Users can use natural language to type into a search bar, "I'm leaving", before selecting a confirmation button. After confirmation, the AI Now sidebar presents another button to end the loop.
However, the feature is currently exclusive to China, and it's presently unclear whether it will expand globally to other markets.
Lenovo and Its AI Personal Assistant
As with the video looping feature being restricted to China for now, Lenovo's AI Now Personal Assistant will begin rolling out only in China over the first half of 2024.
Integral to Lenovo's "AI for All" vision, in which users can achieve traditionally complex tasks with new AI-powered simplicity through AI Now, Lenovo is advancing the development of a personalized AI solution to facilitate end-user interaction, both on the keyboard and through natural language.
"The provisionally named Lenovo AI Now Personal Assistant delivers personalized interactive experiences based on a user’s own on-device knowledge base," Lenovo's official blog described it. "The AI Assistant will streamline workflows and enhance collaboration in a more personal and immersive manner."
Leveraging natural language, users can check and modify common settings like display or performance, search and summarize emails and documents, create meeting invitations, and seamlessly integrate live camera feeds with avatars during video conferencing within Lenovo's AI service.
