Google has filed new patents related to modular smartphone designs and technology, several years after it discontinued Project Ara, the name given to its own range of modular devices. The patents cover hardware similar to what we've seen in modular devices, and to how Project Ara was intended to look.
We take a look at the prospects for Google's modular smartphone, Project Ara, and highlight the many obstacles it needs to overcome in order to succeed when it launches next year.