I-HomePod firmware ibilokhu ikhona, ngoba i-Apple ibiyifake kumaseva ayo, noma kungenjalo ukuze ilandwe ngqo, umthombo oqhubekayo wolwazi, ohlobene ne-iPhone X namamodeli alandelayo kanye nokukhishwa i-Apple ehlela ukukwenza. Ngibonga iPodPod Idizayini ye-iPhone X kanye nohlelo olusha lokuqashelwa kobuso be-ID luqinisekisiwe, ukuba isiqinisekiso esisemthethweni sokuthi wonke umuntu ubekade ekufuna kusuka ku-Apple, ngisho nangokungaqondile.
I-HomePod izongena emakethe ngoDisemba, noma kunjalo kuphela izotholakala e-United States, United Kingdom naseNew Zealand. Kepha okwamanje, abafana baseCupertino basanda kukhipha i-firmware entsha yale divayisi, njengoba, njengoba sishicilele phambilini, isezandleni zabanye abasebenzi ukupholisa ukusebenza kwayo.
I-firmware yokuqala yasekhaya yafika kumaseva we-Apple ngoJulayi owedlule futhi njengoba ngishilo, wawungumthombo wolwazi ongashi ikakhulukazi nge-iPhone. Uhlobo olusha lwe-firmware seluvele luyatholakala kumaseva we-Apple kepha kubonakala sengathi i-Apple ayikhathazanga ukwenza kube nzima ukuyifinyelela, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, sizoqala ukushicilela izindaba ezintsha mayelana nale divayisi noma enye into idatha egcinwe ku-firmware entsha.
I-HomePod ayifiki emakethe ukuqhudelana ne-Amazon Echo ephethwe yi-Alexa noma iGoogle HomeYize izophathwa ngumsizi we-Apple Siri, umqondo ka-Apple ukuzama ukubeka ikhanda layo ohlelweni lwezipikha zasekhaya ezisezingeni eliphakeme, imakethe okwamanje esezandleni zeSonos. Ngaphakathi kwe-HomePod sithola i-chip ye-A8 yokuphatha ukuxhumana nokuhlaziya imvelo lapho itholakala khona ukuphatha umsindo owukhiqiza ngandlela thile.