I-Apple iya kuba ilungele ukumiliselwa imodeli entsha yeHomePod ngasekupheleni kuka-2023, kunye ne-HomePod mini yokuhlaziya ngo-2024ngokukaMark Gurman.
Emva kokunyamalala kwe-HomePod yasekuqaleni kwikhathalogu ye-Apple, kukho amahemuhemu amaninzi malunga nemodeli entsha yesi sithethi enokubona ukukhanya kungekudala. Ewe, uMark Gurman namhlanje uyaqinisekisa ukuba iApple inokwazisa leHomePod entsha ekupheleni kwalo nyaka ka-2023. Ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, kodwa iya kuhlaziya i-HomePod mini ngemodeli ekuqaleni kuka-2024, ukongeza kwezinye izixhobo ezibini ezingekaqinisekiswa.
I-HomePod entsha iya kufana ngakumbi ne-HomePod yasekuqaleni kunokuba injalo kwi-HomePod mini, zombini ngobukhulu kunye nomgangatho wesandi. Intliziyo yesi sithethi sitsha iya kuba yiprosesa ye-S8, efanayo ukuba i-Apple Watch Series 8 elandelayo iya kuzisa, kwaye enye enye iya kufakwa kwi-HomePod mini entsha eya kubona ukukhanya emva kwexeshana, ekuqaleni kuka-2024. Ziziphi ezinye iindaba ezinokuthi zibandakanye le HomePod?
Kukho intetho yeBluetooth 5.2 entsha njengento entsha kwizithethi ze-Apple ezilandelayo. Masikhumbule ukuba ukusungulwa kwe Ikhowudi entsha yeLC3, enokuvumela ukuhanjiswa komsindo okumgangatho ophezulu ngoqhagamshelo lweBluetooth. Nangona le codec ingasetyenziswa kwizixhobo zangoku, ukusebenzisa ngokupheleleyo amandla ayo kuyimfuneko ukuba ube neBluetooth 5.2, ngoko ke kuphela izixhobo ezinokuthi zisebenzise ngokupheleleyo iLC3. Ukuba i-Apple ilungiselela ukuhambelana nale codec entsha iqinisekisiwe ngandlel 'ithile, kuba umkhondo wayo sele ufunyenwe kwi-iOS 16, nakwi-AirPods Max kakhulu, ngoko kubonakala kuqinisekileyo ukuba zonke izixhobo ezitsha eziqaliswe kulo nyaka ziya kubandakanya iBluetooth.
Ukuba iApple ibandakanya le Bluetooth kwi-HomePod ayithethi ukuba siya kukwazi ukuthumela umculo kwizithethi zayo sisebenzisa olu hlobo loqhagamshelo, unokujonga oku kukhutshiwe. IBluetooth yeHomePod isetyenziselwa eminye imisebenzi emininzi, efana ne-automation yasekhaya okanye uqwalaselo lokuqala, kodwa hayi ngesandi, esihanjiswa ngeAirPlay (WiFi)
Zeziphi ezinye izixhobo ezinokusungulwa nguApple? Ngokutsho kukaGurman, kukho iimveliso ezimbini ezingekagqitywa, kodwa ukuba zibona ukukhanya, ziya kufika ekupheleni kwe-2023 ekuqaleni, kunokuba ekuqaleni kwe-2024. Kuya kuba zimbini iinguqu ze-HomePod, enye yekhitshi, eya kuba yingxubevange ye-HomePod kunye ne-iPad, kunye nenye yegumbi lokuhlala, eliya kuhlala liyi-hybrid ye-Apple TV, i-HomePod kunye nekhamera yewebhu.. Ukuba eyokuqala yenzelwe ikhitshi, ulandela uGurman, yinto endingayiqondi kakuhle, kodwa ukuba eyesibini yenzelwe igumbi lokuhlala, ndiyayiqonda ngakumbi, kuba iya kuba sisiqwenga esisisiseko segumbi lokuhlala. I-cinema yasekhaya enokwenzeka "yenziwe eManzana".