CHICAGO—The first Google Tango phone may have appeared under the Lenovo brand, but a Tango add-on module will likely come to the Moto Z phone, Motorola's CEO Aymar de Lencquesaing said at a press event today.

"The tablet folks [at Lenovo] did a phablet and worked with Google, the Tango team, to come out with a Tango phablet," he said. "Going forward, we'll have to address as a group how do we reconcile the products that are at the fringe? We're likely to to have a Tango module to basically enable the Z to have Tango functionality."

Google's Tango is a set of camera and software technologies which help map indoor areas for augmented reality. The first Tango-compatible phone, the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, recently went on sale in the US after being delayed from an initial summer launch.

The Moto Z($165.60 at Amazon), meanwhile, is Motorola's current flagship phone, which uses modular "Moto Mod" backs to add functionality, like an optical zoom camera or pocket projector, to the Android phone.

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Lenovo owns Motorola, and is shifting its mobile phone products to the Moto brand, he said. While Motorola is focused on being a prominent smartphone brand, something like Tango fits very well into the brand's plans, de Lencquesaing said.

"Augmented reality on a phone is a technology that's likely to stick," he said. "Of course we'll follow, or lead, the market in this area."

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