I-Apple izobe isilungele ukwethula imodeli entsha ye-HomePod ngasekupheleni kuka-2023, kanye ne-HomePod mini refresh ngo-2024ngokusho kukaMark Gurman.
Ngemuva kokunyamalala kwe-HomePod yasekuqaleni kukhathalogi yakwa-Apple, kunamahlebezi amaningi mayelana nemodeli entsha yalesi sipika engabona ukukhanya maduze. Nokho, uMark Gurman namuhla uyakuqinisekisa lokho i-Apple ingase yethule le-HomePod entsha ekupheleni kwalo nyaka ka-2023. Futhi hhayi lokho kuphela, kodwa futhi izobuyekeza i-HomePod mini ngemodeli ekuqaleni kuka-2024, ngaphezu kwamanye amadivaysi amabili ukwethulwa kwawo bekungeke kuqinisekiswe.
I-HomePod entsha izofana kakhulu ne-HomePod yasekuqaleni kune-HomePod mini, kokubili ngosayizi nangekhwalithi yomsindo. Inhliziyo yalesi sipikha esisha ingaba iprosesa ye-S8, efanayo naleyo ezolethwa yi-Apple Watch Series 8 elandelayo, futhi efanayo naleyo ezofakwa ku-HomePod mini entsha ezobona ukukhanya kamuva, ekuqaleni kuka-2024. Yiziphi ezinye izindaba ezingafakwa yile HomePod?
Kukhulunywa ngeBluetooth 5.2 entsha njengento entsha yezikhulumi ze-Apple ezilandelayo. Masikhumbule ukuthi ukwethulwa kwe- Ikhodekhi entsha ye-LC3, engavumela ukudluliswa komsindo kwekhwalithi ephezulu ngoxhumo lwe-Bluetooth. Nakuba le codec ingasetshenziswa kumadivayisi amanje, ukuze usebenzise ngokugcwele amandla ayo kuyadingeka ukuba ube ne-Bluetooth 5.2, ngakho-ke amadivaysi analokhu kuphela angasebenzisa ngokugcwele i-LC3. Ukuthi i-Apple ilungiselela ukuhambisana nale codec entsha kuqinisekisiwe ngandlela thize, ngoba imikhondo yayo isivele itholakele ku-iOS 16, naku-AirPods Max futhi, ngakho-ke kubonakala kuqinisekile ukuthi wonke amadivayisi amasha athulwe kulo nyaka azofaka i-Bluetooth.
Ukuthi i-Apple ihlanganisa le Bluetooth ku-HomePod akusho ukuthi sizokwazi ukuthumela umculo ezipikheni zayo sisebenzisa lolu hlobo lokuxhumana, ungakubheka njengokukhishiwe. I-Bluetooth ye-HomePod isetshenziselwa eminye imisebenzi eminingi, njenge-automation yasekhaya noma ukumisa kokuqala, kodwa hhayi umsindo, osakazwa nge-AirPlay (WiFi)
Imaphi amanye amadivayisi i-Apple engawethula? Ngokusho kukaGurman, kunemikhiqizo emibili ukwethulwa kwayo okungakanqunywa, kodwa uma yibona ukukhanya, izofika ekupheleni kuka-2023 ekuqaleni, kunalokho ekuqaleni kuka-2024. Kungaba ukuhlukahluka okubili kwe-HomePod, eyodwa yekhishi, okungaba yingxube ye-HomePod ne-iPad, kanti enye ingeyegumbi lokuphumula, okusazoba yingxube ye-Apple TV, i-HomePod nekhamera yewebhu.. Ukuthi eyokuqala yenzelwe ekhishini, ulandela uGurman, yinto engingayiqondi kahle, kodwa ukuthi eyesibili ihlelelwe igumbi lokuhlala, ngikuqonda kakhulu, ngoba kungaba yingxenye eyisisekelo yegumbi lokuhlala. i-cinema yasekhaya yesikhathi esizayo "eyenziwe eManzana".