Kubonakala ngathi kusungulo lwe-ApplePod yasekhaya, Isithethi sika-Apple esinezakhono zokuncedisa, ikhawulezise izicwangciso zokuphehlelela zombini iAmazon kunye noGoogle ukumilisela izixhobo zabo kwiimarike ezininzi. Kwithuba elingaphezulu kwenyanga edlulileyo, iindaba ziveze ukuba iAmazon ilungiselela ukufika kwe-Alexa kwilizwe lethu.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, iindaba zokuphehlelelwa kwezipika zikaGoogle zakhutshwa kumazwe amaninzi, kubandakanya iSpain. Njengoko sinokufunda eLa Vanguardia, izithethi zikaGoogle ezikrelekrele, Baza kufika eSpain ngoJuni, ewe, ayizizo zonke iimodeli zabo.
Ngokomgaqo, eSpain siya kuba nakho ukuthelekisa Ikhaya likaGoogle lee-euro ezingama-149, kunye neMini yasekhaya yakwaGoogle, olona hlobo lubiza kancinane oluza kufika kwimarike ye-59 euros. Ngokubhekisele kukhuphiswano oluthe ngqo kwiKhaya lasekhaya le-Apple, iMax yasekhaya yakwaGoogle, okwangoku eli phephandaba khange likwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuba liza kuhlala elizweni lethu ngaxeshanye, okanye liyakwenza oko kamva. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba yonke into ixhomekeke ekubeni abafana baseCupertino baceba ukwandisa inani lamazwe apho kuthengiswa khona iPod yasekhaya ngoku.
IAmazon iphehlelelwe i-Echo yokuqala elawulwa ngumncedisi we-Alexa kwi-2014 kwaye kwathatha iminyaka emi-4 ukuba inkampani kaJeff Bezos ikhuthazwe ukuba yandise inani lamazwe apho ingathengiswa khona. Ngokwenxalenye yalo, iKhaya likaGoogle, wabona ukukhanya kwinkomfa yabaphuhlisi eyabanjwa nguGoogle kwi2016, ke ixesha lokulinda phakathi kokumiliselwa nokufika kwilizwe lethu yiminyaka emibini kuphela. Ngoku kufuneka silinde kwaye sibone ukuba, kanye kunye, siqala ukuqhela Nxibelelana nesixhobo sethu ngokusebenzisa imiyalelo yelizwi.