10 years later, no phone has replaced what Google promised

Google’s Project Ara promised a modular smartphone future that never arrived. 10 years later, I still think we missed ...
Time

Project Ara: Inside Google’s Bold Gambit to Make Smartphones Modular

On January 29, Google announced that it had agreed to sell Motorola, its phone-manufacturing business, to Chinese electronics giant Lenovo. Thus concluded the company’s brief, unprofitable foray into ...

Can Modular Phone Accessories Finally Evolve Beyond MagSafe?

True modular smartphone hardware never went mainstream. That could change as phone makers look beyond magnets.
VentureBeat

A brief history of Google's ill-fated modular smartphone, Project Ara

Google's ambitious plan to bring modular smartphones to market, Project Ara, has been suspended. While there's still a chance that Google will breathe new life into Ara by licensing it to third ...
Morningstar

TECNO Unveils the World's Thinnest Modular Smartphone Ecosystem Concept

A new ultra-thin magnetic architecture makes a modular smartphone system possible without added bulk. HONG KONG, Feb. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AI-driven innovative technology brand TECNO is set to ...
Gizmochina

TECNO to Unveil World’s Thinnest Modular Smartphone Ecosystem at MWC 2026

TECNO will unveil what it calls the world’s thinnest modular smartphone ecosystem at MWC 2026, built around magnetic modular interconnection technology. The concept introduces instant attachable ...