Lenovo officially launches the Phab 2 Pro, the first Google Tango phone

The first phone to be powered by Google's augmented reality tech, Tango, has come to life in the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro.

Google's Project Tango, the company's 3D mapping and augmented reality technology, will now be available to the public through the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro. Google first announced the phone back in June 2016, but unveiled the availability of the device in a blog post on Tuesday.

According to Google's post, the Lenovo Phab 2 uses the new tech to "give apps new augmented reality capabilities." The phone is available now on Lenovo's website, starting at $499. At the time of this writing, there are more than 35 Tango-supported apps, which can be found in the Tango app itself, or in the Google Play store. Currently, most of the options are for gaming or consumer applications.

Project Tango made its debut in 2014, when Google showed off the technology on a smartphone. At the time, Google said that the purpose of the device was to "track the full 3D motion of the device, while simultaneously creating a map of the environment."