Ukusukela oko uApple wabhengeza ukulibaziseka kweKhayaPod kude kube lixesha lokuqala le-2018, intelekelelo malunga nokuba imveliso entsha yenkampani, isithethi sayo sokuqala esisilumko, iza kufika, ayikayeki ukuvela kuzo zonke iintlobo zemithombo. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo sikuxelele lonto I-Apple ngesele ifumene iiyunithi zokuqala ezizigidi I-HomePod yokukhutshwa kwangoko, kunye ngoku kukho imiqondiso engenakuphikiswa yokuba ukufika kwakhe kusondele: itywina leFCC.
IKhomishini yoNxibelelwano yeFederal (FCC) yeyona ilawula izixhobo zikamabonakude, unomathotholo kunye nomnxeba, kunye nonxibelelwano olungenazingcingo, njalo ukuvunywa kwayo yimfuneko ebalulekileyo ukuze ukwazi ukuthengisa imveliso eMelika. Inyaniso yokuba sele inike itywina layo kwiKhaya laseKhaya le-Apple luphawu olucacileyo lokuba ukuthengiswa kweKhayaPod kuya kuqala kwiiveki ezimbalwa.
U-Apple uthe i-HomePod ilibazisekile kude kube sekuqaleni kwe-2018, ngaphandle kokunika owona mhla wokuqala kwentengiso yayo. Okwangoku kwiwebhusayithi yethu sinokufunda uphawu "Iyafumaneka ekuqaleni kuka-2018", kwaye ngolwimi luka-Apple zihlala zithetha phakathi kukaJanuwari no-Epreli walo nyaka. Siyazi ukuba ukukhutshwa kwakho kokuqala kuyakubandakanya iUnited States (ngokucacileyo), kwaye mhlawumbi i-United Kingdom ne-Australia.. Asazi ukuba ukulibaziseka kwayo kuya kuthetha ukuba i-wave yokuqala iya kwandiswa kumazwe amaninzi, mhlawumbi ukuba sinikela ingqalelo kwi-rumor yeeyunithi zezigidi ezikhoyo ukuthengisa.
Ngokuthengisa okuqikelelweyo kuyo yonke i-2018 yeeyunithi ezili-11 zezigidi, ukuba nesigidi sele sikhona ukuze siphehlelele oko kunokuthetha ukuba ukubakho kunokuba yinto yehlabathi jikelele kwasekuqaleni, ukusukela ungalindeli ukuthengisa okuphezulu kakhulu kwimveliso eya kuthi ibe namaxabiso nge- $ 349 (€ 400 eYurophu?). Izithethi ezi-Smart ezivela kuGoogle nakwiAmazon zithengisa kakuhle kodwa zilula kwaye ziyafikeleleka ngakumbi, into engafunwanga nguApple, ebeka phambili umgangatho wesandi ngaphezulu kwemisebenzi "smart", eya kuthi ibekelwe umda ngokubhekisele kwiimodeli ezikhuphisanayo.