Google delays the Project Ara modular smartphone launch until 2016

Google delayed the launch of the Project Ara modular smartphone until next year. The Android handset with swappable hardware components was initially expected to launch this year in Puerto Rico.

As it turns out, the prototyping phase of the ambitious project has taken longer than initially expected. Google is apparently looking for new locations in the United States to launch the device, thus meaning that Puerto Rico might not be getting the device after all.