Ngaphandle kokuba iKhaya likaGoogle lifike kwiinyanga ezininzi ngaphambi kweAmazon Echos kumazwe amaninzi, isithethi esikrelekrele sikaGoogle asithengisanga njengezithethi ezivela kwi-e-commerce enkulu yeAmazon. Ngokwenkampani kaJeff Bezos, IAmazon ithengise ngaphezulu kwezixhobo ze-Alexa ezizigidi ezili-100.
Njengoko sinokufunda kwiVerge, iAmazon iqinisekisile ngokusemthethweni ukuba ithengise ngaphezulu kwe-100 yezigidi zezixhobo ezilawulwa ngandlela thile yi-Alexa, nokuba kukwimo yesithethi esihlakaniphile okanye isixhobo esixhunyiweAmanani anomdla ngokwenene abonakala ekude kakhulu ukuba angalinganiswa neKhaya likaGoogle, eyona ndlela inexabiso eliphantsi kwaye inokuthenjwa kwintengiso.
Ixesha leholide leKrisimesi kunye nokunikezelwa okwahlukileyo okusungulwe yiAmazon xa kubhengeza ukubakho kwezi zixhobo kwihlabathi liphela, kuncede kakhulu, kuba ikwasinika nezibonelelo zesithethi se-Echo kunye neeplagi okanye iibhalbhu ezintle Ukuze sikwazi ukufumana okona kuninzi kwisithethi kwasekuqaleni, ngaphaya kokubuza malunga nemozulu okanye iindaba. Esona sixhobo sitshiphu, i-Echot Dot, sesona sithandwa kakhulu kuluhlu lwe-Echo olulawulwa yi-Alexa kwaye luphelile kwisitokhwe kude kube nguFebruwari kumazwe amaninzi.
Ngokuka-Dave Limp, usekela Mongameli oMkhulu wezixhobo kunye neeNkonzo, eAmazon:
Imakethi yabancedisi bedijithali yobuqu ayizukulawulwa yinto enye, ukongeza, kukho abadlali abaninzi kwimakethi ababonelela ngokuhambelana nenani elikhulu lezinto eziphilayo kunye nezixhobo.
Isibhengezo se ukufumaneka kweApple Music ngeAmacon EchoNgaphandle kwamathandabuzo kuye kwaba lukhuthazo kubo bonke abo basebenzisi abafuna ukuthenga isithethi esikrelekrele ukonwabela iApple Music, kodwa iPod yasekhaya ibiphumile kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali abalunikiweyo, yongeze ukuthengisa kwintengiso yeAmazon Echo.
