Sezvo Apple yakazivisa kunonoka kwePodPod kusvika pakutanga kwe2018, kufungidzira nezvekuti chigadzirwa chitsva chekambani, mutauri wayo wekutanga akangwara, achasvika riini, hachina kumira kubva kumarudzi ese ezvinowanikwa. Mazuva mashoma apfuura takakuudza izvozvo Apple ingadai yatogamuchira yekutanga mamirioni mayuniti HomePod yekusunungurwa ipapo, uye ikozvino pane zvimwe zviratidzo zvisinganzwisisike zvekuti kusvika kwake kuri padyo: iyo FCC chisimbiso.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ndiyo inoronga materevhizheni, nhepfenyuro uye nharembozha, pamwe nekutaurirana pasina waya, saka kubvumidzwa kwayo chinhu chakakosha kuti ukwanise kushambadzira chigadzirwa muUnited States. Ichokwadi chekuti yakatopa chisimbiso chayo kuApple HomePod chiratidzo chinoratidza kuti kushambadzira kwePambaPod kuchatanga mumavhiki mashoma.
Apple yakati HomePod yakanonoka kusvika kutanga kwa2018, isina kupa zuva chairo rekutanga kwekutengeswa kwayo. Panguva ino pawebhusaiti yaro tinogona kuverenga chikwangwani "Chinowanikwa pakutanga kwa2018", uye kuti mumutauro waApple kazhinji zvinoreva pakati paNdira naApril wegore rino. Isu tinoziva kuti kuburitswa kwako kwekutanga kuchasanganisira United States (zviripachena), uye pamwe neUnited Kingdom neAustralia.. Hatizive kana kunonoka kwayo kuchizoreva kuti wave yekutanga ichawedzerwa kune dzimwe nyika, izvo zvingangoitika kana tikateerera runyerekupe rweyuniti yemamirioni atovepo kutengeswa.
Nekufungidzirwa kwekutengesa kweese e2018 emamiriyoni gumi nemana emayuniti, kuve nemiriyoni yatovepo kwekutanga kunogona kureva kuti kuwanikwa kunogona kuve kwepasirese kubva pakutanga, kubvira usatarisira kutengesa kwakanyanya kwazvo kwechigadzirwa chinozotengwa pamadhora 349 (€ 400 muEurope?). Masipika akachenjera kubva kuGoogle neAmazon ari kutengesa zvakanaka asi ari akareruka uye anodhura mamodheru, chimwe chinhu icho Apple yanga isingade kupinda, ichitungamira mhando yemhando pane "smart" mabasa, ayo anozogumira zvine chekuita nemamodeli anokwikwidza.