The tech giant Google announced on Friday 20, that the copy for Ara developers will still be released this year. The modular smartphone project Ara which was created at the time of the Motorola, almost three years ago, and was half gone, but still developed by advanced Google technologies division (ATAP) and should be launched on the market in 2017, which will allow you to mount a device under the measure.

There were some changes to the original project: as you can not make individual upgrade the processor or memory, for example, since Google decided to put the internal components at the base, instead of leaving them as modules. But the essence remains: as you can change the camera for a better quality, install a professional microphone or connect a higher capacity battery.

The images show that people installing a second screen on the back to show quick information, a quality microphone to record music, lenses of different focal lengths, and more powerful speakers. You could even change the smartphone screen for an e-ink, like the Kindle, just to read on the plane comfortably.

30 Google employees are using Ara as the main smartphone. In the current version of the prototype, you can install a camera module with the connected or live smartphone and can start shooting without restarting the device. To remove a module, simply enter the settings, touch a button and disconnect the component. Simple like that.

Although there are not many details of Ara version is available for the end users. The prototype will be released to developers which will have a 5.3-inch screen and will be a top line. It will have room for six modules that connect to the base using the standard UniPro and may transfer each 11.9 gigabits of data per second, which is enough for basically anything.