NgoNovemba wangonyaka odlule, sathola izindaba zokuthi i-Apple ibambezela ukumaketha kwesipikha sayo esihlakaniphile, i-HomePod, ngezizathu ezingaziwa. Akukaziwa njengamanje ukuthi ukudayiswa okusemthethweni kuzoqala nini, kepha esikwaziyo ukuthi kusuka kuCupertino babedinga isikhathi esithe xaxa ukuphothula imininingwane ngomkhiqizo abawumemezele eWWDC 2017.
Imibiko yakamuva ikhombisa ukuthi Inventec, omunye wabahlinzeki be-HomePod, bekungathumela amadivayisi ayisigidi sokuqala ku-Apple ukulungiselela ukuthengiswa komhlaba wonke. Yize kuyinombolo encane ukuqala ukwethulwa, Eminye imithombo iphakamisa ukuthi i-Apple ingalindela ukuthengisa phakathi kwe-10P ne-12 million HomePods kulo nyaka.
Ukwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-Apple's HomePod kuyeza
Njengamanje siyazi ukuthi abahlinzeki ababili abanesibopho sokuhlanganisa i-HomePod I-Inventec, inkampani yaseChina, futhi Imboni ye-Hon Hai Precision, eyaziwa kakhulu njenge UFoxconn. Zombili lezi zinkampani zizophatha ukunikezela ngawo wonke amadivayisi njalo ku-Apple ukuze ithengiswe ngokulandelayo. Njengoba ngikutshelile, i-Apple ibambezele ukuthengiswa kwe-HomePod ngezizathu esingakazazi kodwa ukuthi eminye imithombo ilinga ukuqagela:
Ukubambezeleka kokuqalisa kwe-HomePod kudalwe ukuhlelwa kwesoftware nokuhlanganiswa kwehadiwe
Imininingwane yakamuva ezungeze isikhulumi esihlakaniphile sika-Apple ukuthi i-Inventec ibingathumela uCupertino amayunithi ayisigidi sokuqala njengendlela yokulungiselela ukwethulwa okuseduze. Yize kufanele kube nesikhathi esithile phakathi kwesimemezelo nokuthengiswa okusemthethweni, asikungabazi ukuthi kuncane okusele ukuthola le divayisi ebesikhuluma ngayo isikhathi eside.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, isikhathi sigijima ngokumelene ne-Apple kusukela ezinye izikhulumi ezifana ne-Alexa noma umsizi we-Google yebo ziyathengiswa okusho ukulahleka kwenzalo evela ku-HomePod. Sizobona ngemuva kokwethulwa ukuthi imininingwane yokuqala emayelana nale divayisi entsha iyakhuthaza noma, noma kunjalo, isikhathi esithathile ukungena emakethe sithinte izinombolo zabo.