Sisesikhathini lapho kubonakala sengathi amawashi ahlakaniphile angaphinde abe neqhaza lokuhola emakethe engazithenganga lezi zinsiza njengoba bekulindelekile. Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule izibikezelo zalawa madivayisi zazimangalisa ngempela futhi bonke abahlaziyi babikezela impumelelo enkulu yezingubo zokugqoka, into izinkampani ezimbalwa kuphela ezikwazile ukuyizuza futhi sikholelwa ukuthi i-Apple (yize ingakhombisi izibalo ezisemthethweni) nabo nge-Apple Watch yakho. Kunoma ikuphi, amahemuhemu wakamuva mayelana nokwethulwa kwamawashi ahlakaniphile avela kulo nyaka we-2017 nabezindaba abakhethekile bayatatazela ukukhombisa izithombe nemininingwane evulekile ngazo, kulokhu esinakho etafuleni Isithombe esivulekile se-smartwatch esidalwe futhi sakhiwa ngobambiswano phakathi kwe-HTC ne-Under Armor.
I-smartwatch iHalfbeak idalulwe kwinethiwekhi yezokuxhumana yaseChina i-Weibo futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ibe nedizayini enhle nemininingwane yangaphakathi ethokozisayo elungiselelwe ukuncintisana namadivayisi azokwethulwa ngasikhathi sinye noma kulo nyaka. Kulokhu, iHalbebeak ingeza isikrini esinesixazululo esingu-360 × 360, inecala lensimbi, ilogo ye-HTC ne-Under Armor ngemuva, inzwa yokushaya kwenhliziyo kanye neyesikhashana i-Android Wear 1.3, kodwa Kulindeleke ukuthi kutholakale inguqulo entsha ye-Android Wear 2.0 ngoFebhuwari 9 okuyilapho kukhulunywa khona ukuthi kungafinyelela kulezi ezigqokekayo.
Kubukeka kungakholeki ukuthi leyo i-HTC ewa nayo iyaqhubeka nokulwa ukuvuka futhi lokhu kuyinto eqinisa sha sha ukuzimisela ukudala amadivayisi amasha, kepha le phrojekthi iyingozi yize kukhona konke, ngoba i-Apple uqobo, iSamsung noma i-LG imbala , zisungulwe impela kule makethe ngamawashi ahlakaniphile futhi kuzoba nzima ukuthola indawo yokuma kuwo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-LG iphethe uhlelo lwamawashi amabili neGoogle ukulwa ne-Apple Watch futhi lokhu kuzokwethulwa kungekudala, ngethemba kwi-Mobile World Congress eBarcelona ezoba kule nyanga ezayo.