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Lepro Ami AI Companion: CES 2026 Desktop Innovation

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At CES 2026, Lepro unveiled Lepro Ami, a standalone desktop AI companion designed to transcend traditional smart assistants. Unlike voice-only devices or app-bound chatbots, Ami features a custom 8.01-inch curved OLED display and an advanced 3D visual system with real-time eye tracking. This hardware allows for a visual, 'always-on' presence intended to make the AI feel genuinely 'in the room' rather than confined to a speaker.

The device integrates Augmented Reality (AR) environmental overlays and empathetic multi-modal AI, creating a more immersive user experience. Crucially, Lepro emphasizes visible, hardware-level privacy protections, addressing growing consumer concerns regarding always-on cameras and microphones in personal tech. This launch signals a shift in the AI hardware market towards 'embodied' AI—technology that occupies physical space and interacts visually, moving beyond simple reactive commands to proactive, ambient companionship.