Ngo-Novemba wonyaka ophelileyo safumana iindaba zokuba u-Apple wayelibazisa ukuthengisa kwesithethi sakhe esikrelekrele, i-HomePod, ngezizathu ezingaziwayo. Ayaziwa okwangoku xa intengiso yaseburhulumenteni izakuqala, kodwa into esiyaziyo kukuba ivela eCupertino bafuna ixesha elingakumbi Ukugqibezela iinkcukacha ngemveliso abayibhengeze eWWDC 2017.
Iingxelo zamva nje zibonisa ukuba Inventec, omnye wabanikezeli bePodPod yasekhaya, inokuba ithumele izixhobo ezizigidi zokuqala kwiApple ukulungiselela ukuthengisa kwihlabathi liphela. Nangona linani elincinci ukuqala ukwazisa, Eminye imithombo icebisa ukuba iApple inokulindela ukuthengisa phakathi kwe-10 kunye ne-12 yezigidi zeePods zasekhaya kulo nyaka.
Ukuphehlelelwa ngokusesikweni kwe-ApplePod yasekhaya kuyeza
Ngokwangoku siyazi ukuba abaxhasi babini banoxanduva lokuhlanganisa i-HomePod Inventec, inkampani yaseTshayina, kunye Icandelo le-Hon Hai Precision, eyaziwa njenge Foxconn Zombini ezi nkampani ziya kuba noxanduva lokubonelela zonke izixhobo ngokuthe rhoqo kwiApple kwintengiso yazo elandelayo. Njengoko benditshilo, iApple ilibazisile ukurhweba ngePodPod ngenxa yezizathu esingazaziyo kodwa ukuba eminye imithombo ilinga ukuqikelela:
Ukulibaziseka kokuqala kwePodPod kubangelwe kukulungiswa kwesoftware kunye nokudityaniswa kwezixhobo
Ulwazi lwamva nje ngesithethi esi-smart sika-Apple kukuba i-Inventec ngeyithumele uCupertino iiyunithi zokuqala ezizigidi njengendlela yokulungiselela ukumiliselwa okusondeleyo. Nangona kufuneka libekhona ixesha phakathi kwesibhengezo kunye nentengiso esemthethweni, asithandabuzi ukuba kuncinci okuseleyo ukuze sikwazi ukufumana esi sixhobo kudala sithetha ngaso.
Ukongeza, ixesha lihamba ngokuchasene neApple okoko ezinye izithethi ezinje nge-Alexa okanye umncedisi kaGoogle ewe ziyathengiswa Oko kuthetha ukuba ukulahleka komdla kwiPodPod yasekhaya. Siza kubona emva kokusungulwa ukuba ngaba idatha yokuqala kwesi sixhobo siyakhuthaza okanye, nangona kunjalo, ixesha elithathiweyo ukubetha intengiso lichaphazele amanani alo.