The Lenovo Yoga Mini i is Lenovo's answer to one of its most popular categories: the mini PC. And yes, it's round, with a light strip, which is both productive and fun.
Lenovo claims that this device takes up a liter of volume. This is not the case, according to a rather indignant product manager, who insisted that the total volume could be closer to 0.85 liters instead. Either way, the Yoga Mini i will go on sale in June with an estimated starting price of $699.
Mini PCs have begun to grow in popularity, in part because they can offer significant computing power in a very small space. They have become the territory of ambitious Taiwanese and smaller Chinese manufacturers, but Lenovo, traditionally at or near the top of the PC supplier list, is determined to make its mark.
How? It's a nifty little light bar that runs underneath this mini PC though. Naturally, you can customize the color in the Windows app and tell Mini i to have the panel light up or flash in various scenarios: when it detects your presence, when something happens (like an email), or in any number of other custom situations.
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Lenovo Yoga Mini I uses Wi-Fi sensing, a technology that Intel debuted Core Ultra 200or “Moon Lake”. Imagine that you are sitting by a quiet, foggy pond, the surface of which begins to ripple and splash when something moves across it. Wi-Fi detection cannot tell the Mini i who is there, but it can wake the device. The mini PC is equipped with a built-in fingerprint sensor for user identification and authentication.
Lenovo's demo presentation announced its close alliance with Intel, and it's no surprise: inside the Mini i is the Ultra X7 358H core, one of Panther Lake Chip Options a more formal presentation is expected here at CES 2026.
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The Lenovo Yoga Mini i weighs just 1.32 pounds, and Lenovo thinks it's small enough to be carried out of your room or even into your backpack. I disagree; Unplugging all those cords and cables will be a pain. It measures 5.12 inches in diameter and is just under 2 inches thick.
On the outside, there's a Thunderbolt 4 port, two 10Gbps USB-C ports (one for power delivery), an HDMI 2.1 interface, and a 5Gbps USB-A port. The Ethernet connector accepts input data at speeds up to 2.5 Gbps.
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Lenovo still says the Mini i can include up to 32GB of LPDDR5x memory and up to 2TB of PCIe SSD storage, seemingly banking on what the company says is a supply of memory and storage components that will help offset the sharp price increases. We also don't know the minimum specifications. But $699 is a pretty small price for this mini PC.
