The first Google-Tango-smartphone is now on the market, called the Phab 2 Pro from Lenovo. Jerry Shen, ceo of Asus, has said that it is also busy with his first Google Tango phone. This new phone is the name ZenFone AR.

ZenFone AR

lenovo phab 2 pro google tango
Lenovo Phab 2 Pro with Google Tango-cameras

The Asus ZenFone AR will be announced at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in 2017. This event will plate on 5 to 8 January in Las Vegas. Information as speficicaties of the unit, the director of Asus has not yet announced. The only thing by Jerry Shen, has been made known, is the name and that it is a Google Tango phone.

Although the Asus ZenFone 3 in may 2016, is announced, and in augsutus this year on the market went, the ZenFone AR not the official successor of the ZenFone 3. This will have the ZenFone 4, which is reportedly in the second quarter of 2017 is revealed. Just like the ZenFone 3, the successor to the multiple variants. The Asus ZenFone 3 has, for example, the regular ZenFone 3, but also a Deluxe and a Max version. The reguluere ZenFone 3 is the most powerful of the three.

Google Tango

Google has about two years to Project Tango to develop into a mature platform. Google Tango is a platform that different cameras are used to get to know the surrounding, and the different objects can appear. This can be useful for example for architects, to see how a piece of furniture in a particular house. It can also be fun for children, because there are by means of this platform also dolls can appear in the virtual world.

Availability

The ZenFone AR is unveiled at the CES 2017. Details like a price and final release date is still unknown, as are the specifications and appearance of the unit. Also, it is not yet known whether this unit is in the Dutch shelves.

Source: Digitimes via Tweakers