Lenovo has announced new smart tablets that work both as standard Android
tablets and smart home displays. The company has taken the power of Android and
Google Assistant to create the new Yoga Smart Tab and the Lenovo Smart Tab M8.
These devices are compact and capable media tablets that now double as
hands-free voice-activated smart home hubs. When you’re not using them to
browse the web or binge some Netflix, you can dock them and treat them like
Google Home.
This isn’t the first time Lenovo has released such a product, they did it
earlier this year with the M10 and P10 smart tablets. But these new and
improved devices are potentially a great alternative to a standard voice
assistant speaker or smart home display.
The new Lenovo Smart Tab M8 makes use of Google Assistant’s Ambient Mode to
transform the tablet into a smart home assistant with a display when you’re not
using it.
The accompanying dock means your tablet never runs out of charge and can be
in “always-on” mode, plus you’ll always know where it is. This system
means you can transform your tablet into a much more useful smart home hub.
The Lenovo Smart M8 boasts a decent spec too, with a Quad-Core 2.0 GHz
processor, an 8-inch 1280 x 800 IPS display, 5MP rear and 2MP front-facing
cameras, dual microphone arrays with far-field voice recognition and dual
speakers with Dolby Atmos capabilities.
It’s powerful enough to run online games, stream videos and has multiple
user account options so the whole family can gain access and make use of the
smart display features.
The new Lenovo Smart Tab M8 will be available from October for £119/$119.99
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