We talked about Project Ara a while back! Since then, like always in the tech age, things have changed and the world has advanced even more. Google has changed its parent name to Alphabet and made Google a division of that. Project Ara has also changed leadership and changed the focus of how the project would take off.

 

Instead of a full modular phone, the screen and processor (brain in the phone) will not be changeable but the rest of the phone will be. “We’ve integrated the phone technology in the frame. That frees up space for modules that will create and integrate new functionality that you cannot get on your smartphone today,”  Said the project’s lead engineer, recently at a conference!

The good news is that the project is definitely moving forward, and we have started to see some devices trying to incorporate the idea. See below

The LG G5 lets you swap the battery pack and add a camera grip in seconds.

However, the Alphabet’s Ara wants to do more. As of the time of this article, the prototype is aiming at swapping things like a secondary e-paper display, a high-resolution camera, loud speakers, expandable storage, or even a kickstand. And it is proposed to be out commercially by end of 2017!

In another news, a new research is making screens that can be remodulated just like a rubik cube! Crazy!

 

We say good work to everyone involved in this. This futuristic idea will definitely change the standard we have today and make the same devices more useful to different people!