I-HomePod kubonakala ngathi ayikwazi ukudlula ukuthengiswa kwezikhulumi ze-Amazon neGoogle e-United States okwamanje. Lokhu kukhonjiswa umbiko wakamuva okhishwe yiCIRP. Kusobala ukuthi izipikha ze-Apple zidayisa kahle kakhulu futhi ubufakazi balokhu yilokho okukhonjiswa ezweni lethu okunamanani amahle alezi zipikha ezincane, kepha kubonakala sengathi ayihlangananga impela noma kungenzeka ukuthi ilahlekelwe kakhulu umhlabathi phambi kokuthengiswa kwe Izipikha ze-Amazon ne-Google ebezisemakethe isikhathi eside ngamanani aqinile.
I-HomePod encane inentengo ethokozisayo futhi kancane kancane ithola indawo emakethe. Idatha yeCIRP isho lokho Imakethe yezipikha zase-US ifinyelele kumadivayisi ayizigidi eziyi-126 ngoJuni 2021, i-Amazon iyiningi lalezi zikhulumi ezinokuthengisa okungu-69% phakathi kwamadivayisi wazo we-Echo. Ngokwengxenye yayo, iGoogle ifinyelela cishe isabelo semakethe esingu-20% futhi ekugcineni ingeza i-HomePod ne-mini.
Ngokusho kwegrafu ekhonjisiwe uma sibona ukukhula ekuthengisweni kwalezi zipikha ze-Apple kodwa kusesemuva kokunye. Ngalo mqondo, i-CIRP ibeka izipikha ze-Apple nge- Isabelo semakethe ye-HomePod ngaphansi kwe-10% e-United States. Impela lezi zibalo zokuthengisa ze-Apple zizoqhubeka nokukhula kungekudala.