Google at the I/O 2018 mentioned that first Google
Assistant-powered smart displays from companies like LG, Lenovo, and JBL will
be available from July. However, according to B&H Photo pre-order listings,
the Lenovo’s smart displays might be up for pre-orders already.
The listing displays “coming soon” with a September
3 “expected availability” date. Thought it might be disappointing, the price
tag of the Smart Display according to what Lenovo said at the CES early this
year was around US$ 200 for the 8-inch model and US$ 249.99 for the bigger, 10″
model, but the B&H lists them at US$ 149.99 and US$ 229.99, respectively. That’s
a pretty sweet discount and much more affordable.
The Lenovo Smart Display comes in two variants; one
with 8-inch and another with a 10-inch Full HD display. Users can interact with
Google assistant on the Smart Display via a 10-watt full-range speaker just as
they would on a smartphone. It can stream videos directly from YouTube as well.
The Smart Display in sleep mode doubles as a digital picture display to
showcase images from a folder in Google Photos or other background images of
your choosing.
