Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo, unveils the Moto Z series of smartphones at its Tech World 2016. Another product,the Phab 2 Pro, the world’s fi rst consumer Tango-enabled smartphone in partnership with Google, was also unveiled. CHANG JUN/CHINA DAILY

Multinational tech giant Lenovo on Thursday at Tech World 2016 unveiled two new lines of products: the Phab 2 Pro, the world's first consumer Tango-enabled smartphone in partnership with Google, and the Moto Z family with Moto Mods that enables a smartphone to be a multi-functional device.

Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing, joined by industry leaders, fans, media and analysts, gave a Silicon Valley-style keynote speech at the packed Mosonic Auditorium. He shared the company's vision on innovation and tech transformation, including IoT and smart connectivity, the power of big data and unique user experiences, and vowed to provide customers "innovative and revolutionary" products and services besides being the leading traditional PC maker.

Yang emphasized Lenovo's three pillars of future technology: device innovation, device plus cloud connectivity and infrastructure. While Lenovo has a strong heritage of device innovation and retains its leadership in the traditional PC market, the rapidly changing landscape means entirely new concepts and categories in cloud and connectivity are emerging.

"The power of connectivity is transforming the PC from personal computing to CC — connected computing," said Yang. "We're helping lead this transformation by combining our expertise in hardware innovation with the critical backend cloud platform to help devices listen, see, sense and understand the world."

Through building flexible, reliable and safe infrastructure, Lenovo will deliver the next generation of technology advancements, Yang said.

Launching products like the Phab 2 Pro and Moto's new Z Series smartphones in the heart of Silicon Valley shows "we're committed to this strategic technology direction," Yang said.

Lenovo is struggling with a slowing Chinese market and decreasing market shares in North America as shown in its last quarter earnings released in May. Industry insiders believe it would use the tech conference this year to "show its muscles" in the smart devices sector and rejuvenate its smartphone business.

In October 2014, Lenovo acquired Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 billion and positioned itself as the world's third-largest maker of smartphones.

Calling Moto Z the world's thinnest premium smartphone and a "game-changing product", Yang and his team showcased the metal design, low-light camera, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 processor and Moto TurboPower charging. Adding the benefits of a shatter-proof shield and 15-hour battery life, Moto Z Force is exclusively for the US market with a display guaranteed not to crack or shatter.

"Lenovo's newest generation of PCs paired with Intel's latest processors are becoming more powerful, versatile and mobile — and delivering amazing new experiences," said Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO when he used the Lenovo Y900 based on the 6th generation Intel CoreTM i7 processor with Oculus Virtual Reality to demonstrate how people can be immersed in the virtual world of a gaming experience.

"With our continued innovation together, Intel and Lenovo are elevating virtual reality and making e-sports more personal, immersive, and engaging," he added.

junechang@chinadailyusa.com