Kunzima ukwenza into entsha kwihlabathi lee-smartphones, apho iinkampani ezininzi zikhuphisana ukuze ibe yeyona ithengisa kakhulu kwintengiso. Nangona kunjalo, okufanayo akwenzeki ngeetafile, ezibonakala zinemarike enamathuba amaninzi. I-2014 ingaba ngunyaka obalulekileyo, apho iipilisi ezine-boot ezimbini ziya kuqaliswa, oko kukuthi, zine-Android kunye neWindows ngexesha elifanayo.
Ngale mvakwemini besithetha ngeekhompyuter ezine-Chrome OS kunye nendlela ezinokuthatha ngayo inxalenye yesabelo semarike ngenxa yokuba namhlanje abasebenzisi abaninzi abasayidingi ikhompyuter ephezulu kakhulu, njengoko bechitha ixesha elininzi besebenzisa ithebhulethi yabo. Iikhompyuter zazishiywe ngasemva, kwaye ikhompyuter ene-Chrome OS inokwanela. Nangona kunjalo, inyaniso kukuba ikamva lokwenyani linokuba yinto eyahlukileyo, eya kufika kwi-2014, kwaye iipilisi ezine-boot ezimbini, oko kukuthi, ezo zicwecwe ezineWindows kunye ne-Android kwinkqubo efanayo, kwaye zivumela. ukuba siqale ngenye okanye enye ngokuxhomekeke kwizicelo esifuna ukuzisebenzisa.
Iinkampani ezifana ne-Asus zibonakala sele zine-tablet esele ilungile eya kuboniswa ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari ozayo, kwaye nasekuqaleni konyaka ozayo, kwi-CES 2014. Nangona kunjalo, kunokwenzeka ukuba akuyi kuba yinkampani kuphela ekhethayo. kolu hlobo lwamacwecwe, njengoko lunokulandelwa ngamanye anjengeLenovo, eyenza iitafile ezineWindows kunye neetafile ezine-Android, okanye kamva i-Samsung, eya kuba nomdla ekugcineni ubudlelwane obuhle kunye neMicrosoft, into eya kuyenza nge. ithebhulethi ezimbini.
La macwecwe angavumela umsebenzisi ukuba aqale inkqubo yokusebenza abayikhethileyo nangaliphi na ixesha, ekwazi ukusebenzisa izicelo eziphuhliswe ngokukodwa kwindlela yokusebenza yeMountain View, kunye neenkqubo zemveli zeWindows. Inokuba yinto eqhelekileyo kunyaka ozayo ka-2014, kwaye kunjalo, inokuthetha utshintsho olusisigxina lweparadigm kwihlabathi lamacwecwe.