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as 55 use worldwide varies by continent e g below 50 in south america and africa and android 45 use still android tablets have more use than ios in virtually all countries except for e g the u s and china 131 132 133 android edit main article android operating system android is a linux based operating system that google offers as open source under the apache license it is designed primarily for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers android supports low cost arm systems and others the first tablets running android were released in 2009 134 vendors such as motorola 135 and lenovo 136 delayed deployment of their tablets until after 2011 when android was reworked to include more tablet features 137 138 139 android 3 0 honeycomb released in 2011 and later versions support larger screen sizes mainly tablets and have access to the google play service android includes operating system middleware and key applications other vendors sell customized android tablets such as kindle fire and nook which are used to consume mobile content and provide their own app store rather than using the larger google play system thereby fragmenting the android market 140 in 2022 google began to re emphasize in house android tablet development at this point a multi year commitment 141 android go edit main article comparison of android go products tablet computers a few tablet computers are shipped with android go fire os edit as mentioned above amazon fire os is an android based mobile operating system produced by amazon for its fire range of tablets it is forked from android fire os primarily centers on content consumption with a customized user interface and heavy ties to content available from amazon s own storefronts and services chromeos edit several devices that run chromeos came on the market in 2017 2019 as tablets or as 2 in 1s with touchscreen and 360 degree hinge 142 harmonyos edit harmonyos hmos chinese 鸿蒙 pinyin hóngméng is a distributed operating system developed by huawei to collaborate and interconnect with multiple smart devices on the internet of things iot ecosystem 143 144 in its current multi kernel design the operating system selects suitable kernels from the abstraction layer for devices with diverse resources 144 145 146 for iot devices the system is known to be based on liteos kernel while for smartphones and tablets it is based on a linux kernel layer with aosp libraries to support android application package apk apps using android runtime art through the ark compiler in addition to native harmonyos apps built via integrated development environment ide known as deveco studio 147 148 ipados edit main articles ipad ipados and ios the ipad runs on ipados prior to the introduction of ipados in 2019 the ipad ran ios which was created for the iphone and ipod touch the first ipad was released in 2010 149 although built on the same underlying unix implementation as macos its user interface is radically different ipados is designed for touch input from the user s fingers and has none of the features that required a stylus on earlier tablets apple introduced multi touch gestures such as moving two fingers apart or together to zoom in or out also termed pinch to zoom 150 ipados and ios are built for the arm architecture 151 kindle firmware edit main article amazon kindle kindle firmware is a mobile operating system specifically designed for amazon kindle e readers it is based on a custom linux kernel however it is entirely closed source and proprietary and only runs on amazon kindle line up manufactured under the amazon brand nintendo switch system software edit the nintendo switch system software also known by its codename horizon is an updatable firmware and operating system used by the nintendo switch hybrid video game console tablet and nintendo switch lite handheld game console it is based on a proprietary microkernel the ui includes a home screen consisting of the top bar the screenshot viewer album and shortcuts to the nintendo eshop news and settings playstation vita system software edit the playstation vita system software is the official firmware and operating system for the playstation vita and playstation tv video game consoles it uses the livearea as its graphical shell the playstation vita system software has one optional add on component the playstation mobile runtime package the system is built on a unix base which is derived from freebsd and netbsd due to it capabilities on browsing the internet and multimedia capabilities it is treat as an gaming tablet or tablet replacement by community and reviewer publisher ubuntu touch edit main article ubuntu touch ubuntu touch is an open source gpl mobile version of the ubuntu operating system 144 originally developed in 2013 by canonical ltd and continued by the non profit ubports foundation in 2017 152 153 ubuntu touch can run on a pure gnu linux base on phones with the required drivers such as the librem 5 154 and the pinephone 155 to enable hardware that was originally shipped with android ubuntu touch makes use of the android linux kernel using android drivers and services via an lxc container but does not use any of the java like code of android 156 157 as of february 2022 ubuntu touch is available on 78 phones and tablets 144 158 the ubports installer serves as an easy to use tool to allow inexperienced users to install the operating system on third party devices without damaging their hardware 144 159 windows edit main article windows 10 following windows for pen computing for windows 3 1 in 1991 microsoft supported tablets running windows xp under the microsoft tablet pc name 160 microsoft tablet pcs were pen based fully functional x86 pcs with handwriting and voice recognition functionality 161 windows xp tablet pc edition provided pen support tablet support was added to both home and business versions of windows vista and windows 7 tablets running windows could use the touchscreen for mouse input hand writing recognition and gesture support following tablet pc microsoft announced the ultra mobile pc initiative in 2006 which brought windows tablets to a smaller touch centric form factor 162 163 in 2008 microsoft showed a prototype of a two screen tablet called microsoft courier but cancelled the project in 2012 microsoft released windows 8 which features significant changes to various aspects of the operating system s user interface and platform which are designed for touch based devices such as tablets the operating system also introduced an application store and a new style of application optimized primarily for use on tablets 164 165 microsoft also introduced windows rt an edition of windows 8 for use on arm based devices 166 the launch of windows 8 and rt was accompanied by the release of devices with the two operating systems by various manufacturers including microsoft themselves with the release of surface such as slate tablets hybrids and convertibles 167 released in july 2015 windows 10 introduces what microsoft described as universal apps expanding on metro style apps these apps can be designed to run across multiple microsoft product families with nearly identical code including pcs tablets smartphones embedded systems xbox one surface hub and windows holographic the windows user interface was revised to handle transitions between a mouse oriented interface and a touchscreen optimized interface based on available input devices particularly on 2 in 1 pcs both interfaces include an updated start menu windows 10 replaced all earlier editions of windows 168 169 hybrid os operation edit several hardware companies have built hybrid devices with the possibility to work with both android and windows phone operating systems or in rare cases windows 8 1 as with the by now cancelled asus transformer book duet while ars technica stated dual os devices are always terrible products windows and android almost never cross communicate so any dual os device means dealing with separate apps data and storage pools and completely different ui paradigms so from a consumer perspective microsoft and google are really just saving oems from producing tons of clunky devices that no one will want 170 discontinued tablet operating systems edit blackberry 10 edit blackberry 10 based on the qnx os is from blackberry as a smartphone os it is closed source and proprietary and only runs on phones and tablets manufactured by blackberry one of the dominant platforms in the world in the late 2000s its global market share was reduced significantly by the mid 2010s in late 2016 blackberry announced that it will continue to support the os with a promise to release 10 3 3 171 172 therefore blackberry 10 would not receive any major updates as blackberry and its partners would focus more on their android base development 173 blackberry tablet os edit blackberry tablet os is an operating system from blackberry ltd based on the qnx neutrino real time operating system designed to run adobe air and blackberry webworks applications currently available for the blackberry playbook tablet computer the blackberry tablet os is the first tablet running an operating system from qnx now a subsidiary of rim 174 blackberry tablet os supports standard blackberry java applications support for android apps has also been announced through sandbox app players which can be ported by developers or installed through sideloading by users 175 176 a blackberry tablet os native development kit to develop native applications with the gnu toolchain is currently in closed beta testing the first device to run blackberry tablet os was the blackberry playbook tablet computer 177 application store edit see also app store apps that do not come pre installed with the system are supplied through online distribution these sources termed app stores provide centralized catalogs of software and allow one click on device software purchasing installation and updates 178 179 mobile device suppliers may adopt a walled garden approach wherein the supplier controls what software applications apps are available software development kits are restricted to approved software developers this can be used to reduce the impact of malware provide software with an approved content rating control application quality and exclude competing vendors 180 apple google amazon microsoft and barnes noble all adopted the strategy b n originally allowed arbitrary apps to be installed 181 182 183 but in december 2011 excluded third parties 184 185 186 187 apple and ibm have agreed to cooperate in cross selling ibm developed applications for ipads and iphones in enterprise level accounts 188 proponents of open source software say that the ipad or such walled garden app store approach violates the spirit of personal control that traditional personal computers have always provided 189 190 191 sales edit around 2010 tablet use by businesses jumped as business began to use them for conferences events and trade shows in 2012 intel reported that their tablet program improved productivity for about 19 000 of their employees by an average of 57 minutes a day 192 in october 2012 display screen shipments for tablets began surpassing shipments for laptop display screens 193 tablets became increasingly used in the construction industry to look at blueprints field documentation and other relevant information on the device instead of carrying around large amounts of paper 194 time described the product s popularity as a global tablet craze in a november 2012 article 195 as of the start of 2014 44 of us online consumers owned tablets 196 a significant jump from 5 in 2011 197 tablet use also became increasingly common among children a 2014 survey found that mobiles were the most frequently used object for play among american children under the age of 12 mobiles were used more often in play than video game consoles board games puzzles play vehicles blocks and dolls action figures despite this the majority of parents said that a mobile was never or only sometimes a toy 198 as of 2014 nearly two thirds of american 2 to 10 year olds have access to a tablet or e reader 199 the large use of tablets by adults is as a personal internet connected tv 200 a 2015 study found that a third of children under five have their own tablet device 201 after a fast rise in sales during the early 2010s the tablet market had plateaued in 2015 202 and by q3 2018 203 204 sales had declined by 35 from its q3 2014 peak 205 in spite of this tablet sales worldwide had surpassed sales of desktop computers in 2017 206 and worldwide pc sales were flat for the first quarter of 2018 207 in 2020 the tablet market saw a large surge in sales with 164 million tablet units being shipped worldwide due to a large demand for work from home and online learning 208 unit sales or shipments of global tablet market 2010 2019 figures from 2010 to 2014 are sales estimates provided by gartner figures from 2014 to 2019 are shipments estimates provided by idc 2010 209 2011 210 2012 211 2013 211 2014 212 2015 213 2016 214 2017 215 2018 216 2019 216 units m 17 6 60 0 116 3 195 4 216 0 sales 229 6 shipments 207 2 174 8 163 5 146 2 144 1 growth pct n a 240 9 93 8 68 0 10 5 sales 4 4 shipments 10 1 15 6 6 5 11 4 1 5 unit shipments of global tablet market 2020 present figures until 2023 are provided by idc figures for 2024 are provided by canalys 2020 217 2021 218 2022 219 2023 220 2024 221 units m 164 1 168 8 162 8 128 5 147 6 growth pct 13 6 3 2 3 3 20 5 9 0 by manufacturer edit global tablet market share by unit shipments percent 2011 2019 rank q3 2011 222 q3 2012 223 q3 2013 224 q3 2014 225 q3 2015 226 q3 2016 227 q3 2017 228 q3 2018 229 q3 2019 230 1 apple 61 5 apple 50 4 apple 29 6 apple 22 8 apple 20 3 apple 21 5 apple 25 8 apple 26 6 apple 31 4 2 samsung 5 6 samsung 18 4 samsung 20 4 samsung 18 3 samsung 16 5 samsung 15 1 samsung 15 0 samsung 14 6 amazon 14 5 3 hp 5 0 amazon 9 0 asus 7 4 asus 6 5 lenovo 6 3 amazon 7 3 amazon 10 9 amazon 12 0 samsung 12 3 4 barnes noble 4 5 asus 8 6 lenovo 4 8 lenovo 5 7 asus 4 0 lenovo 6 3 huawei 7 5 huawei 8 9 huawei 9 5 5 asus 4 0 lenovo 1 4 acer 2 5 rca 6 9 huawei 3 7 huawei 5 6 lenovo 7 4 lenovo 6 3 lenovo 6 7 others 12 2 35 3 41 8 49 1 44 2 33 3 31 6 25 5 global tablet market share by unit shipments percent 2020 present rank q3 2020 231 q3 2021 232 q3 2022 233 q3 2023 234 q3 2024 235 1 apple 29 2 apple 34 6 apple 37 5 apple 37 5 apple 31 7 2 samsung 19 8 samsung 17 7 samsung 18 4 samsung 18 0 samsung 17 9 3 amazon 11 4 amazon 11 1 amazon 11 1 lenovo 7 9 amazon 11 6 4 huawei 10 2 lenovo 10 1 lenovo 7 0 huawei 6 8 huawei 8 2 5 lenovo 8 6 huawei 5 4 huawei 6 2 amazon 6 5 lenovo 7 6 others 20 9 21 1 19 7 23 3 22 9 by operating system edit according to a survey conducted by the online publishers association opa now called digital content next dcn in march 2012 it found that 72 of tablet owners had an ipad while 32 had an android tablet by 2012 android tablet adoption had inc...