Ukulinda kugqityiwe, ubuncinci bokuqaliswa kwePod Home. Nangona ngendlela encinci, isithethi se-Apple ngoku sinokugcinwa ukusuka ngoLwesihlanu, nge-26 kaJanuwari, ngokuthengisa ngokuthe ngqo kwiiveki ezimbini kamva. Yimveliso yokuqala kudidi olutsha lwezixhobo ezithembisa ukubetha kwiminyaka ezayo.
Iyakwenza ntoni? Sinokuyilawula njani? Ngaba siya kufuna iApple Music ukuze sikwazi ukumamela umculo? Ngaba singaphendula umnxeba kunye naye? Kwaye bayazenza? Zeziphi izicelo eziza kuhambelana nesithethi esitsha? Ingaba iza kubiza malini? Iya kufika nini kwamanye amazwe? Mininzi imibuzo esele ilindile kwaye siyayiphendula kweli nqaku.
Isithethi esinoSiri odibeneyo
Into yokuqala yokucacisa yile nto i-HomePod, into enokubonakala icacile emva kweenyanga zokuthetha ngayo, kodwa ayicacanga kangako. I-HomePod isithethi, ngokusisiseko ukuba, ngaphandle kokungaphezulu, kodwa ngokudityaniswa kweSiri. Ngokungafaniyo nezinye izixhobo othelekisa nazo, ezinje ngeAmazon Alexa okanye iKhaya likaGoogle, ayingomncedisi onenyani onesithethi, ngokuchaseneyo. Kwi-Apple, owona msebenzi uphambili wesithethi, kwaye oku kwacaciswa gca ngexesha lokuboniswa kwayo. Singayisebenzisa iSiri kwimisebenzi ethile, kodwa eCupertino abafuni kuguqula iPod yasekhaya ibe sisixhobo "esenzelwe uSiri".
Kwaye ukuba siyabona ukuba yakhiwe njani siyayiqonda kwangoko. Izinto zangaphakathi zePodPod zibandakanya, phakathi kwezinye izinto ezininzi, iitwitter ezisixhenxe nganye inesandisi-lizwi sayo kunye nomguquleli, ngolungelelwaniso lwendawo eyenzelwe ukufezekisa umgangatho wesandi ogqwesileyo nokuba sikubeka phi okanye sikweliphi igumbi. Uhambo oluphezulu lwe-woofer ukufezekisa ii-bass ezinamandla, iimakrofoni ezintandathu eziya kuthi zikwazi ukuthatha ilizwi lethu naphina nokuba simamele umculo kunye nesithethi, kwaye iprosesa ye-A8 eya kuthi ibe noxanduva lokuqhubekeka neeodolo zethu kwaye ukongeza ekuqinisekiseni ukuba isandi sesona silungileyo, sihlalutya ingxolo ebambekayo kunye negumbi apho sibeke khona iPod yasekhaya. I-Apple ikhathazekile kangangokuba i-HomePod inesona sandi siphezulu kangangokuba ixhasa iaudiyo yeFLAC, ngaphandle koxinzelelo, eya kuba yinto evuyisa kakhulu.
Idlalwe ngokumamela umculo
I-AirPlay (kunye ne-AirPlay 2 kwixa elizayo) yindlela esiya kuthi sikwazi ngayo ukuhambisa isandi esivela kwisixhobo sethu siye kwi-HomePod. Kulabo abangalwaziyo olu hlobo lokuhambisa, konke malunga nokusebenzisa uqhagamshelo lwe-WiFi ukuhambisa umsindo (kunye nevidiyo kwizixhobo ezifanelekileyo). Inenzuzo enkulu ukuba okoko izixhobo zakho zidityaniswe kwinethiwekhi yakho yasekhaya, umgama ekuzo awuyi kulingana, kuba uzimele ngeBluetooth, kwaye ukuhanjiswa kwedatha kukhulu kakhulu kunjalo umgangatho wesandi ukwangcono ngokungaphaya kunokuba usebenzisa iBluetooth.
I-AirPlay 2 iza kufika kamva, kunye nokusebenzisa izithethi ezibini ukufezekisa isitiriyo esimangalisayo. Nge-AirPlay 2 siya kuba nethuba lokusebenzisa iMultiroom, oko kukuthi, ube nakho ukulawula izithethi ezininzi ezikumagumbi ahlukeneyo ziphulaphule into enye kuzo zonke okanye nganye ivelise enye into eyahlukileyo. Luphawu olwabhengezwa ngu-Apple kwakudala kwaye ukuba abavelisi bezithethi baya kuba nakho ukuphumeza kwiimveliso zabo, kwaye iya kuza kwi-HomePod kamva ngohlaziyo lwesoftware elula.
I-AirPlay iyahambelana ne-iPhone yakho, i-iPad, iMac kunye neApple TV, ke kuzo naziphi na kwezi zixhobo unokuhambisa isandi kwiPodPod yakho ukuze izivelise ngaphandle kwengxaki. Ayinamsebenzi ukuba usebenzisa i-Spotify okanye i-Apple Music, ungamamela nakwiimuvi zakho ozithandayo ngokuzijonga kwi-Apple TV kwaye wenza idlalwe kwiKhaya lasekhaya, okanye ngekhompyuter yakho yeMac.Uqala ukudlala kwisixhobo sakho kwaye usidlulisele kwiKhaya laseKhaya, nantsi indlela esebenza ngayo.
Kodwa kukho inkcukacha ebaluleke kakhulu: i-HomePod ineBluetooth 5.0, kodwa okwangoku ayinakusetyenziswa ukunxibelelana nezixhobo, ke ngenxa yokuba i-AirPlay iyinto ekhethekileyo kwi-Apple, ungasebenzisa kuphela izixhobo ze-Apple kunye ne-HomePod yakho. Libala, ubuncinci okwangoku, ukuqhagamshela ifowuni yakho ye-Android okanye i-TV yakho ngeBluetooth, nangona kungagwetywanga ukuba i-Apple kwixa elizayo yenza olu khetho, ngekhe kube sengqiqweni ukuchitha iBluetooth 5.0.
Indawo yakho yasekhaya yasekhaya
I-HomePod inokuba yindawo yakho yeKhayaKit. Kuze kube ngoku kuphela i-Apple TV okanye i-iPad ingasebenzisa lo msebenzi, kodwa ngoku isithethi esitsha se-Apple songezwa. Oku kuthetha ukuba unganxibelelana nezinto zakho ezihambelana neKhayaKwiPodPod kwaye uzilawule ngeSiri naxa ungekho ekhaya, ukuba nje unonxibelelwano lwe-intanethi. Ukwenza i-automation, imigaqo okanye ukuyalela uSiri ukuba acime kwaye acime izibane, aphakamise iimfama okanye asebenze ukuzinkcenkceshela kwegadi ngokuzenzekelayo kuya kwenzeka ngokuthetha, ngaphandle kwe-iPhone yakho ekufutshane.
USiri ulawula iPod yasekhaya
Siye sathetha ngaphambili malunga ne-AirPlay kunye nendlela esinokuphatha ngayo i-HomePod kwi-iPhone yethu, i-iPad okanye i-Apple TV, kodwa ayisiyongcamango yokuba u-Apple unaso esi sithethi. KwiCupertino bafuna ukuba siqhelane nokusebenzisa uSiri ukwenza imisebenzi kube kanye, ukuba ii-AirPod sele sithathe amanyathelo okuqala, ngoku nge-HomePod siza kugqiba ukuziqinisekisa. Ngaphandle kwesidingo saso nasiphi na isixhobo, ungaqala ukudlala iApple Music, iBeats Radio, umculo wakho othengwe kwiTunes okanye kwipodcast oyithandayo. ngokubuza uSiri. Sinokucela umncedisi we-Apple ngokusebenzisa i-classic "Hey Siri" kodwa nangokugcina phezulu kwePod Home.
Ngubani oya kuba nakho ukulawula iPod yasekhaya esebenzisa uSiri? Ukungabikho kokuvavanya yonke into, kubonakala ngathi kuya kubakho owona msebenzisi uphambili kunye nezinye "iindwendwe" ezinokuthi zenze imisebenzi esisiseko. Logama nje umsebenzisi we-ID yakhe emiselweyo kwi-HomePod eya kuba nakho ukuthumela imiyalezo, usete izikhumbuzo okanye amanqaku kunye neminye imisebenzi, iindwendwe ziya kuba nakho ukuqala umculo kakuhle. Kuyavakala ukuba isithethi asikhawulelwanga kumsebenzisi omnye, kodwa okwangoku asazi ukuba iApple iza kwahlula njani amazwi kwaye imisele amanqanaba ohlukeneyo omsebenzisi.
Ngaphandle kukaSiri Kuya kubakho enye indlela yokulawula i-HomePod, usebenzisa umphezulu esisixhobo esincinci sokuchukumisa. Ukuchukumisa kanye ukuqala ukudlala kwakhona, ezimbini ukuya phambili, ezintathu ukubuyela umva. Chukumisa u "+" ukunyusa ivolumu okanye u - - "ukuthoba, kwaye njengoko besesitshilo, cinezela ubambe ukubiza uSiri. Okwangoku ezi zezolawulo iApple eyongeze kuloo ndawo yokuthinta, kodwa zinokutshintsha kuhlaziyo oluzayo.
Ezinye izinto zePodPod
Njengoko besitshilo ekuqaleni kwinqaku, i-HomePod ubukhulu becala isithethi, kodwa inyani yokuba ine-Siri kwaye inokudityaniswa kwi-iPhone yethu okanye kwi-iPad ivumela ukuba sisebenzise eminye imisebenzi isithethi esiqhelekileyo esingenakho. Oku kubandakanya, umzekelo, ukuthumela imiyalezo, ukuhambisa iifowuni kwi-iPhone yakho okanye ukwenza amanqaku kunye nezikhumbuzo. Singamamela neendaba zosuku okanye uqikelelo lwemozulu, kunye neemeko zendlela kunye namanqaku ezemidlalo. Singakwenza konke oku ngezwi lethu, sisebenzisa uSiri.
Kodwa ayisiyiyo kuphela ukuba singasebenzisa iiapile zeApple, kodwa sinokwenza nemisebenzi yesicelo somntu wesithathu njenge-WhatsApp, iTelegram kunye nezinye izicelo zomntu wesithathu. Imiyalezo, amanqaku kunye nezikhumbuzi zezicelo esinokuthi sizisebenzise ngoku ngePod Home, ukuba nje ziyahambelana ne-SiriKit. Ukwenza lo msebenzi kufuneka isixhobo sethu se-iOS sixhume kwinethiwekhi, kuba usetyenziso lusebenza kuyo, hayi kwisithethi.
Ukufumaneka kunye nexabiso
IPod yasekhaya inokugcinwa Ukusukela ngoLwesihlanu, nge-26 kaJanuwari e-United Kingdom (£ 319), e-United States ($ 349) nase-Australia ($ 499 yase-Australia), kodwa kude kube ziiveki ezimbini kamva ayizukukwazi ukuthenga ngokuthe ngqo kwaye ayizukufunyanwa ngabo benze ukubhukisha kwabo. Oku kuphehlelelwa okuncinci kunokwandiswa entwasahlobo kunye namanye amazwe amabini, iFrance neJamani, ngaphandle komhla othile. Akukaziwa ukuba amazwe amatsha aza kongezwa kuluhlu. I-HomePod ifumaneka ngemibala emibini, emnyama nomhlophe, kwaye kuphela kwezona ndlela sinokukhetha kuzo, kuba akukho storji zahlukeneyo okanye zigqityiweyo.
Inyaniso yokuba ukukhutshwa kuthintelwe kumazwe athetha isiNgesi kunento yokwenza nento yokuba ngoku isebenza ngesiNgesi kuphela. Ke ukuba uthenga iPod yasekhaya phesheya ungayisebenzisa nakweliphi na ilizwe, kodwa okwangoku unokuqonda kuphela ngeSiri ngesiNgesi. Xa i-Apple isandisa iilwimi, i-HomePod yakho inokuqwalaselwa ngayo nayiphi na.