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The hardware features of modern smartphones are pretty much set in stone the moment you buy them. If you’re lucky, at most you may be able to add some storage with an SD card, but then you’re stuck with what you have until you buy a new one somewhere down the line. Motorola wants to change this with their Moto Mods, which are plug-in modules that can radically enhance your phone’s functionality, such as adding a 70-inch projector, a super-zoom camera or a boombox.
Moto Mods are conceptually similar to Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone, which was developed when Motorola was still a Google subsidiary. Motorola has since been sold off to Lenovo & that spirit lives on here.
They’re hardware add-ons that use magnets to snap to a modular circuit board attachment on a Motorola Moto Z phone. They fit securely & can be easily swapped. Once your Moto Mod is snapped on, your phone recognizes it, then just tap the phone display’s one-time setup & you’re done.
According to Motorola, Moto Mods will work on future generation Moto Z’s as well. In fact, the company’s investing a lot of time & effort & have gone out their way to enlist major partners like JBL, Tumi & Kate Spade.
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