Ngezikhathi zantambama izolo, isikhathi saseSpain, i-Apple ibizinikele ekwethuleni ama-betas amasha cishe azo zonke izinhlelo ezisebenza kuyo, ngaphandle kwe-watchOS. Ku- Lesi sihloko, ungathola zonke izindaba, ngokubona futhi zinemininingwane kumanothi wokukhishwa, kepha akubona bodwa.
Njengenjwayelo, uma i-beta yokuqala yesibuyekezo esilandelayo se-iOS, noma olunye uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Apple, ifikile konjiniyela, sebeqalile ukuhlola imisebenzi engamenyezelwa kumanothi. Lowo oheha ukunakwa kakhulu, ngokubaluleka kwawo, yi- Ukuxhaswa kwe-AirPlay 2.
Kokubili i-tvOS 11.3 ne-iOS 11.3 zinikeza ukuxhaswa kwe-AirPlay 2, inqubo yokuxhumana engenazintambo ebuyekeziwe, ekhishwe ngokusemthethweni ku-WWDC 2017, kepha ayikatholakali ngokugcwele kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lwangaphambilini lwe-iOS kusukela ngalolu suku. Ubufakazi bokuqala be-AirPlay 2, butholakale ku-iOS 11.2, kepha bebungasebenzi ngokuphelele. Ngenxa yale misebenzi emisha, amadivayisi aphethwe yi-iOS 11.3 noma i-tvOS 11.3 azokwazi khiqiza okuqukethwe okufanayo kuwo wonke ama-HomePods ekhaya lethu.
Ukuba inguqulo yokuqala yazo zombili i-iOS ne-tvOS ehambisana ne-AirPlay 2, kuyinto ejwayelekile ukuthi i-Apple ibingafuni ukuyifaka kumanothi wenguqulo yokugcina, ukuze bayipholishe ezinhlotsheni ezizayo, i-Apple izoyengeza kumanothi kulawa ma-betas alandelayo. Mayelana nokwethulwa kwenguqulo yokugcina yazo zombili i-iOS 11.3 ne-tvOS 11.3, kulandelwa umkhuba ofanayo wokunikezwa phakathi kwama-betas ama-5 no-6 wenguqulo ngayinye entsha, kungenzeka ukuthi inguqulo yokugcina ngeke ikhishwe kuze kube nguMashi.
Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi umsebenzi wamakamelo amaningi we-HomePod, ngeke itholakale lapho kwethulwa, ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi i-Apple isibambe inkunzi, futhi, yethula umkhiqizo ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngaphandle kokuqedwa ngokuphelele futhi isebenza zonke izici ezisinikeza zona. Uma singahlosile ukuthenga i-HomePod, kepha sifuna ukusebenzisa amathuba esisinikezwa yi-AirPlay 2, singakhetha eyodwa yamamodeli weSonos azobuyekezwa ukuze ahambisane nale protocol ye-Apple ephathelene.
