New Revolution By Google ARA Project (Mobile Developing) You Never Miss To Watch 2015
Google is closer than ever to making modular smartphones a reality.
At the second Project Ara developer conference Wednesday, the company revealed its most advanced prototype yet for a modular phone, along with plans for a pilot program that will put its modular smartphones in the hands of consumers in Puerto Rico this year.
Project Ara is Google's moonshot program to create a platform of modular smartphones. The idea is for users to be able to swap out individual components, like the battery, processor, or camera, without replacing the whole device.
SEE ALSO : Motorola Also Included In Google Project ARA
Google's Paul Eremenko also showed off Spiral 2, a new Ara prototype that can make a 3G phone call. Spiral 2 is based on the second version of Google's Modular Development Kit (MDK) for Project Ara, which provides a reference design for developers who want to create their own modules.
Eremenko said the company chose Puerto Rico as a testing ground for the platform because the country has an "incredibly diverse" population that is almost equally divided between feature-phone and smartphone users.
The devices will be available through two Puerto Rico-based carriers, OpenMobile and Claro, and will be sold through "food truck" style stores. The cost will vary based on the number and type of modules a user chooses. A global launch will come sometime after the pilot program but Eremenko said the timing for that is not yet known, as much will depend on consumer response in Puerto Rico.
At the second Project Ara developer conference Wednesday, the company revealed its most advanced prototype yet for a modular phone, along with plans for a pilot program that will put its modular smartphones in the hands of consumers in Puerto Rico this year.
Project Ara is Google's moonshot program to create a platform of modular smartphones. The idea is for users to be able to swap out individual components, like the battery, processor, or camera, without replacing the whole device.
SEE ALSO : Motorola Also Included In Google Project ARA
Google's Paul Eremenko also showed off Spiral 2, a new Ara prototype that can make a 3G phone call. Spiral 2 is based on the second version of Google's Modular Development Kit (MDK) for Project Ara, which provides a reference design for developers who want to create their own modules.
Eremenko said the company chose Puerto Rico as a testing ground for the platform because the country has an "incredibly diverse" population that is almost equally divided between feature-phone and smartphone users.
The devices will be available through two Puerto Rico-based carriers, OpenMobile and Claro, and will be sold through "food truck" style stores. The cost will vary based on the number and type of modules a user chooses. A global launch will come sometime after the pilot program but Eremenko said the timing for that is not yet known, as much will depend on consumer response in Puerto Rico.
