Le yindlela oyilawula ngayo i-TV kusuka ku-HomeKit nge-iOS 12.2

I-Apple yethule iBeta yayo yokuqala ye-iOS 12.2 futhi iza nesici esamenyezelwa emasontweni ambalwa edlule ukuqondana ne-CES 2019: Ukuhambisana kweKhayaKit namathelevishini. Abakhiqizi abakhulu be-TV bamemezele ukwesekwa kwepulatifomu ye-Apple ezenzakalelayo, ezoshintsha indlela esilawula futhi sibuke ngayo ithelevishini ngokuphelele.

Ngabe ufuna ukubona ukuthi i-HomeKit isebenza kanjani uma ulawula ithelevishini? Ngabe ufuna ukwazi ukuthi yini ongayenza nongakwazi ukuyenza? Ngabe ufuna ukwazi ukuthi uyakwazi ukulawula amandla ukuvula nokuvala noma ivolumu usebenzisa izwi lakho nePod Home? Kulesi sihloko nakwividiyo efakiwe sizokucacisela yonke into.

Ngaphandle kokuthi imodeli yami yethelevishini ayihambisani ngokusemthethweni ne-HomeKit, ngikwazile ukuhlola lesi sici esisha se-iOS 12.2 sibonga i-Homebridge ne-plugin eyenziwe yi-merdok yamathelevishini e-LG (isixhumanisi). Yize ingeyona inguqulo esemthethweni nokuthi i-iOS 12.2 iyiBeta yokuqala ngokuqinisekile ezolungiswa ezinhlotsheni ezilandelayo, iqiniso ukuthi isilinganiso esingasenza sihle impela futhi siyisampula engaphezulu kokwanele ukuthola umbono wokuthi lokhu kuhlanganiswa kuzoba njani kumathelevishini ethu neHomeKit.

Yini esingayenza futhi yini esingayenzi? Okwamanje (ngigcizelela ukuthi, iyi-beta yokuqala nenguqulo engekho emthethweni), singakwazi ukulawula ithelevishini noma ukuyicima sengathi iyisibani, sisebenzisa iswishi evele kuhlelo lweKhaya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusuka kulolo shintsho olufanayo singakhetha umthombo wokufaka wethelevishini, noma siqalise izinhlelo zokusebenza ezifakwe kuyo njengeNetflix noma i-YouTube. Singakwazi futhi ukulawula ivolumu sengathi silungisa ukukhanya kwesibani esikhanyayo.

Sinohlelo lokuvuselelwa kwesilawuli kude lapho singakhetha khona i-TV entsha futhi sizulazule kumamenyu ayo, sibuyele emuva, silawule ivolumu ngezinkinobho ezibonakalayo ze-iPhone yethu futhi sizulazule kumamenyu wezinhlelo zokusebenza njengeNetflix noma i-YouTube. Ngeke sidinge noma yikuphi okunye ukulawula ukusebenzisa i-Smart TV yethu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma sikhiya i-iPhone ngokushesha nje lapho siyithatha, isikrini sizosebenza ngaphandle kokuyivula ngerimothi ukuze ukufinyelela emisebenzini kusheshe kakhulu.

Yini esingayenza ngezwi lethu? Yebo, okwamanje, vele ulawule ukucisha nokuvula, futhi usethe ivolumu ye-TV.. Okwamanje asikwazi ukukhetha umthombo wokufaka noma isiteshi esisibona kuthelevishini ebukhoma. Kungukulinganisa kokuqala kuphela, ake sethembe ukuthi i-Apple iyaqhubeka nokwengeza izinketho kulesi sici esisha se-iOS 12 esithembisa ukuba ngesinye sezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu phakathi kwamanje nokufika kwe-iOS 13 ngemuva kwehlobo.