Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo sikuxelele ngezicwangciso zikaMicrosoft zoku yeka ukunikezela ngenkonzo kwizixhobo ze-Android ezinenguqulo elingana okanye engaphantsi kwe-4.0.3 isigqibo esingakhange sihlekise kubanini bezi zixhobo. Kodwa ezi terminals ngoku zidityaniswe zizo zonke izixhobo ezinefowuni yeWindows 8.x kunye neSurface eneWindows 8.1 RT. Kucacile ukuba iMicrosoft ifuna ukugxila kuhlobo lwamva nje olwenzileyo kwimarike, Windows 10 isplatform, kodwa yenye into ukuyeka ukunikezela ngenkonzo ngqo kubo bonke abanini bezitishi ngaphandle kolunye uhlobo.
Kwiphepha leNkxaso ye-Skype, siyabona indlela iWindows ethathe isigqibo sokuyeka ukuxhasa i-Skype ngo-Okthobha walo nyaka kwiiterminal ezichazwe apha ngasentla, nangona izakuqhubeka nokusebenza nomnye umda. Ukususela ekuqaleni kuka-2017, umhla othile awukachazwa, isicelo siza kuyeka ukusebenza ngokupheleleyo, Ukunyanzela abasebenzisi bezi zixhobo ukuba batshintshe iiterminal okanye bazame ukwenza inkonzo yewebhu ye-Skype isebenze, uguqulelo olufuna kuphela ukufakelwa kweplagi ukuze lusebenze.
Asazi ukuba kutheni inkampani esekwe eRedmond isenze esi sigqibo, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo esi sigqibo asizukunceda abasebenzisi beFowuni yeWindows ngoku qwalasela kwixesha elizayo ukufumana isiphelo sendlela evela kwinkampani ngokubona ukulahlwa ukuba baya kuva ubunzima kubasebenzisi. Ngokukhawuleza ukuba uMicrosoft anike ingxelo ngomhla wamaphephancwadi wokumiswa kwenkonzo ye-Skype, siya kukwazisa ngokukhawuleza kwaye ingalixesha elifanelekileyo lokucinga ngokuhlaziya isixhobo, kuba zimbalwa kwaye iinkonzo ezimbalwa ziyaqhubeka ukuxhasa iWindows Phone kunye neWindows. 8 .x RT.