The Moto Z has quickly become the gold stard for modular phones, it looks like it’s about to get a whole lot more expability. Speaking at a press briefing last week, Moto promised that a whole new family of new snap-on accessories is on the way.
Moto previously floated the idea of a possible Tango mod, but now CNET reports that the company is committed to releasing 12 magnetic modules per year designed to exp the Moto Z well beyond the capabilities of a normal hset. You can already buy things like a Hasselblad zoom lens, speaker, Incipio battery pack for the Z, but Moto Mods director Touvannas said the company’s goal for 2017 “is to get more Mods out this year than we did last year, no question.”
The company didn’t offer any specifics on partnerships or concepts, but feel free to let your imagination run wild. Moto already makes a projector that bumps the size of your phone’s screen from 5.5 inches to 70 inches, so there’s no telling what the company could be cooking up for power users, gamers gadget lovers.
The impact on you at home: Back when announced the since-shuttered oject Ara early last year, the modular phone concept seemed like fanciful, pie-in-the-sky dreaming. But Moto has definitely hit on something with its Mods, if the company is as serious as it says about exping the Z’s ecosystem, the technology might be hard to ignore. Smartphone innovation has hit something of a wall, but the Moto Z’s ecosystem has become a real bright spot for future development, the modular concept could eventually make its way to the Galaxies xels of tomorrow.