El I-HomePod ithatha isigaba sokuqala ezinsukwini zokugcina. sisanda kukufunda lokho ithole ilebula leFCC ngakho-ke, isitifiketi sokukwazi ukuthengisa umhlaba wonke. Lokhu, futhi, kuveze ukuthi ukubekwa kwesikhulumi esihlakaniphile sika-Apple kuzosondela (ngoFebhuwari, mhlawumbe?).
Kodwa-ke, ngokukhishwa kwe-beta yakamuva ye-iOS (i-iOS 11.2.5), kutholakale izithonjana ezibhekisa kwi-HomePod, Siri ne-HomeKit. Njengoba kukhonjisiwe ngonjiniyela ogama lakhe lingu- Filipe Esposito, the I-HomePod izoba nokuvelela okuningi ekhaya lakho elihlakaniphile futhi izici ezintsha zizofakwa ngokushesha nje lapho sethulwa emakethe.
Phakathi kokuthuthuka okusha kuzoba yi- inketho lapho umsebenzisi "angathulisa" noma athulise umsizi we-Siri noma kunini lapho ngifuna khona. Lokho wukuthi, isikhulumi besizokwazi ukuzivumelanisa ngokuya ngezigcawu esibekwe kuzo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kungaba yindlela yokugcina ubumfihlo noma kunini lapho ufuna khona; okungukuthi, nikeza umsebenzisi ukulawula okuphezulu kulokhu. Futhi siyakhumbula ukuthi i-HomePod neSiri izohlala isebenza futhi ilalele "ukufunda" ngemikhuba yethu futhi ngaleyo ndlela ivumelane kangcono nosuku lwethu nosuku.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, unjiniyela futhi uphakamisa okunye ukusebenza. Kulokhu kuthakazelisa kakhulu kunokwedlule. I-HomePod ingabona amaphimbo ahlukahlukene ukwenza imiyalo yezwi. Lokho wukuthi, i-HomePod yenzelwe ikhaya lapho kuzoba khona amalungu ahlukene kuyunithi lomndeni. Lokhu kuzonikeza abasebenzisi ukudlala okuningi futhi kuyinto ethile, ngaphandle kokuthi kusiphunyuke, okungekho sikhulumi esihlakaniphile okwamanje esingaqhuba.
Ekugcineni, kuphawulwe emasontweni ambalwa edlule ukuthi amayunithi ayisigidi sokuqala se-HomePod ayeza e-Apple, ebeka ama-alamu. Khumbula ukuthi kulindeleke ukuthi itholakale ukuze ithengwe kungakapheli unyaka owodwa wokumenyezelwa kwayo Engqungqutheleni Yonjiniyela ka-2017 (emuva ngoJuni).
