Futhi kufanele sikhulume nge-Strategy Analytics kanye nombiko wakamuva owethule, lapho singabona khona ukuthi umholi omusha wemakethe kuzipikha zeWifi njengamanje yi-Amazon enezinto zayo ze-Echo, edlula uSonos okokuqala. USonos wayehola leli zinga kusukela ngonyaka we-2014 lapho laqala ukwenziwa khona, unyaka ofanayo lapho i-Amazon Echo yokuqala yabona khona ukukhanya. Okwamanje Isikhundla siholwa yi-Amazon, silandelwe yiSonos bese endaweni yesithathu sithola uBose noHarman / JBL endaweni yesine. Manje kufanele silinde kuze kube unyaka ozayo ukuze i-HomePod ifike ukuze ibone ukuthi iyakha ngokushesha yini emakethe.
Ngokwalo mbiko we-Strategy Analytics, i-Amazon ithumele amayunithi angaphezu kwezigidi ezi-5, okusho ukwanda uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka owedlule wama-77%, kanti inkampani endala uSonos ithumele amayunithi ayizigidi ezine kuphela. Uma ucabanga ukuthi ama-Amazon Echos ashibhile kakhulu kunamadivayisi enziwe yiSonos, kungenzeka ukuthi i-HomePod, eqala ku- $ 4 Kunzima ukuthi ithole indawo emakethe, okungenani izinyanga ezimbalwa ngemuva kokwethulwa kwayo.
Kuwo wonke unyaka ka-2016, imakethe yezipikha ezingenazintambo yahlangabezana nokukhula kwama-62% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule futhi kubonakala sengathi iSonos ibingakwazanga ukuzivumelanisa nalokhu kukhuphuka ngokwethula amadivayisi ashibhile ahambisana nezidingo zabasebenzisi. Ngo-2014, isabelo semakethe uSonos ayenaso sasingu-50%, kanti eminyakeni emithathu kamuva siseduze no-30%, ngemuva kwe-Amazon. Kokunye ukukala sithola iDenon isendaweni yesihlanu, ilandelwa yiGoogle ne-Sony. Ngokombiko we-Strategy Analytics, ngo-2022, abasizi abahlakaniphile bazokwakhiwa ngo-90% wezipikha ezingenantambo ezithengisiwe.
