I-firmware yasekhaya ye-HomePod ibikhona, kuba iApple yayifaka kwiiseva zayo, nangona yayingekokukhuphela ngokuthe ngqo, umthombo osisigxina wolwazi, onxulumene ne-iPhone X kunye neemodeli ezilandelayo kunye nokukhutshwa okucwangcisiweyo yi-Apple. Enkosi kwiPod yasekhaya Uyilo lwe-iPhone X kunye nenkqubo entsha yokuchonga ubuso ye-ID eqinisekisiweyo, Isisiqinisekiso esisemthethweni sokuba wonke umntu ubekhangela kwi-Apple, nkqu ngokungangqalanga.
I-HomePod iya kufika kwintengiso ngoDisemba, nangona kunjalo kuphela ziya kufumaneka e-United States, e-United Kingdom nase-New Zealand. Kodwa okwangoku, abafana baseCupertino basandula ukukhupha i-firmware entsha yesi sixhobo, ethi, njengoko besishicilele ngaphambili, isesandleni sabanye abasebenzi ukuba bapolishe ukusebenza kwayo.
I-firmware yokuqala yasekhaya yafika kwiiseva zika-Apple ngoJulayi ophelileyo kwaye njengoko benditshilo, yayingumthombo wolwazi ongatshiyo ikakhulu malunga ne-iPhone. Inguqulelo entsha ye-firmware sele ikho kwiiseva zika-Apple kodwa kubonakala ngathi i-Apple khange ikhathaze ukuyenza nzima ukuyifumana, ke kusenokwenzeka ukuba ngeentsuku ezimbalwa, siza kuqala ukupapasha iindaba ezintsha malunga nesi sixhobo okanye nayiphi na enye idatha egcinwe kwi-firmware entsha.
IPodPod yasekhaya ayifikeleli kwimakethi ukukhuphisana neAmazon Echo elawulwa yiAlexa okanye Ikhaya likaGoogleNangona izakulawulwa ngumncedisi we-Apple uSiri, umbono ka-Apple kukuzama ukubeka intloko yayo kwinkqubo yezithethi ezisemgangathweni ekhaya, intengiso esele isezandleni zikaSonos ikakhulu. Ngaphakathi kwePodPod yasekhaya sifumana i-chip ye-A8 yokulawula unxibelelwano kunye nokuhlalutya imeko apho ikhoyo ukulawula isandi esivelisa ngandlela thile.