Kusukela yethulwe ngokusemthethweni, i-HomePod isibe kubasebenzisi abaningi be-Apple ithuluzi elisha lenkampani okufanele libe semashalofini abo, yebo noma yebo. Njengoba izinyanga zidlulile, Ukutholakala kwe-HomePod kukhuphukile kepha kuze kube namuhla, namanje ayikho emakethe enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ye-Apple: China.
I-Apple izolo ivuselele iwebhusayithi yale nkampani eChina naseHong Kong ukwazisa abalandeli benkampani, ukuthi I-HomePod kungekudala izongena kuzo zombili lezi zindawo ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo. Ukuvuselelwa kwesoftware yakamuva kwe-HomePod sekuvele kufakiwe ukwesekwa kwalezi zindawo zombili.
I-China isibe yimakethe enkulu ye-Apple, kepha ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, imikhiqizo yase-Asia efana neHuawei noma iXiaomi, idla ngokushesha, into i-Apple efuna ukuyigwema ukuzama ukubopha abasebenzisi ngamadivayisi amasha, njengoba kulokhu kuyi-HomePod
Kuzo zombili iChina neHong Kong, i-HomePod iyatholakala ngombala omhlophe nasesikhala. Intengo ye-HomePod eChina izoba yi-RMB 2.799, kanti eHong Kong kuzoba yi-HK 2.799. Uma siyiguqula yohlobo lwemali esazi kangcono, siyabona ukuthi kanjani intengo yokugcina izoba ngu- $ 358$ 9 ngaphezulu kwentengo yase-United States, okumele futhi sengeze kuyo intela yombuso ngamunye.
I-HomePod yethulwe okokuqala e-United States, e-United Kingdom nase-Australia ngoFebhuwari walo nyaka, kamuva yanabela eCanada, eFrance naseJalimane. Kusukela ngo-Okthoba owedlule, ibuye itholakale eSpain naseMexico. Asazi ukuthi kungani i-Apple ithatha ukunwetshwa kwe-HomePod emazweni amaningi ngokuthula, kepha kungenzeka ukuthi ihlobene namandla nokusebenza okunikezwa uSiri.