Engqungqutheleni yonjiniyela weGoogle yangonyaka odlule, abafana abavela eMountain View bamemezele ukuthi bazonika amandla i- ikhono lokufaka izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Android kwamanye ama-Chromebook ezazivele zitholakala emakethe nalezo ezazizofika ungakapheli unyaka. Kancane kancane kube nabasebenzisi abaningi abajabulela le nketho entsha evumela ukuthi kwandiswe kakhulu uhlelo lwezinto eziphilayo lwezinhlelo zokusebenza zamalaptops asetshenziswa kakhulu e-Google, amadivayisi abonakala ngokufuna ukuxhumeka kwe-inthanethi cishe yonke into, ikakhulukazi ukugcina amadokhumenti.
Njengamanje amamodeli asevele ahambisana nale nketho yi-Chromebook R11, i-ASUS Chromebook Flip ne-Chromebook Pixel 2015. Kepha ukubona impumelelo yalolu hlobo lwedivayisi, ikakhulukazi ezikoleni, abenzi bayaqhubeka nokubheja kulolu hlobo lwedivayisi nawo wonke amamodeli afike emakethe kulo nyaka wonke azonikeza ithuba lokuthi ukwazi ukufaka izinhlelo zokusebenza ngqo kusuka ku-Google Play Isitolo.
Khumbula ukuthi ukuze ufake lolu hlobo lohlelo lokusebenza, kuyadingeka ukuhlangabezana nochungechunge lwezidingo ezibekwe iGoogle. Ngaphezu kwalokho, onjiniyela abafuna ukusizakala ngalokhu kusakazwa kwemali engenayo okusha okunikezwa ama-Chromebook kudingeke ukuthi baguqule izinhlelo zabo zokusebenza ukuze bashintshe ukusebenzisana kwezinhlelo zabo zokusebenza, basuke kusixhumi esibonakalayo sokuthinta baye kwesinye esenziwa kusetshenziswa ikhibhodi, ukuze kungabi yizo zonke izinhlelo zokusebenza kungenzeka asetshenziswe kuma-Chromebook.
E-United States, I-ChromeOS uhlelo lwesibili olusetshenziswa kakhulu, ngaphambi kwe-macOS ne-iOS, uhlelo olusebenze kakhulu ezikoleni, kepha selokhu kwafika i-ChromeOS ibilokhu idla phansi ukuyenza inyamalale. Izimbangela eziyinhloko ngaphezu kokunikeza ikhibhodi ebonakalayo edidiyelwe ukuthi ishibhile kakhulu kune-iPad, lapho kufanele uthenge khona ikhibhodi.