Ngonyaka odlule, ubuhlakani bukaViv bokufakelwa buthole ukunakwa okuningi. IViv yasungulwa nguDag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer, noChris Brigham, abasunguli bokuqala bakaSiri. Kusukela ukuhlolwa kokuqala kokusebenza kwenziwa obala UViv ukhombisile ukuthi ungumsizi womuntu onamandla futhi onamandla ukwedlula uSiri. Empeleni, esinye sezizathu esenza ukuthi abadali bakaSiri bayishiye le nkampani, ngemuva kokuthengwa kwayo yi-Apple, kwakuyindlela ebekwe yi-Apple yeSiri, indlela ehluke kakhulu kunalokho ababecabanga ngayo abadali bayo. Ukuziphindiselela, le minyaka emithathu edlule ibisebenza kuViv, okuyinto ngokusho kwabezindaba ezikhethekile engumsizi ongcono kakhulu wezobunhloli bokufakelwa okwamanje emakethe.
Ngokusho kweTechCrunch inkampani yaseKorea Isamsung isanda kuthola iViv ukuyifaka kumadivayisi ayo alandelayo. Okwamanje asazi ukuthi i-Samsung izobe ikhokhe malini ukuthola i-Viv, kepha uma kubhekwa ukuthi i-Apple ikhokhe ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-200 ngo-2010 ukuthola uSiri, intengo yesivumelwano ingaba ngaphezulu. Okwamanje, iViv izoqhubeka nokusebenza njengenkampani ezimele ehlinzeka le nsizakalo kuwo wonke amadivayisi enkampani lapho kusetshenziswa khona lo msizi wezobunhloli.
Okwenza uViv abe umsizi othuthukisiwe kuqhathaniswa noSiri yilokho ihlangana nezinhlelo zokusebenza nezinkampani zangaphandle, into i-Apple eseqale ukuyivumela ngokufika kwe-iOS 10. NgeViv singacela i-smartphone yethu ukuthi ithumele i-Uber endaweni yethu, icele i-pizza yezinkathi ezine, sigcine itafula kuRte Manolete ... konke ngaphandle kufanele uvule uhlelo lokusebenza ngokushesha.
Ukuze kwenziwe lo msebenzi, abadali beViv bathole uxhaso ezinkampanini ezahlukahlukene ezinjengeFacebook, Google kanye neTwitter. Impela I-Facebook ne-Google babe nentshisekelo kulo msizi kodwa izingxoxo zokudayiswa bezingagculisi kunoma yiliphi iqembu. I-TechCrunch ifinyelele kwiPhini likaMongameli weSamsung uJacopo Lenzi othe iViv ingaba nomthelela oqondile kokungaphezu kwesigaba sakwaSamsung kuphela:
Lokhu ukutholwa okulungiselelwe ukwahlukaniswa kwamaselula, kepha sibona amathuba okuhlanganisa iViv kwamanye amadivayisi esiwenzayo. Ngokombono wethu nangokubuka kweklayenti, intshisekelo namandla alobu buhlakani bokuzenzela isinikeza inzuzo ebalulekile kunabanye esincintisana nabo, ingeze inzuzo ngaphezu kwabo.
IViv ngeke ihlangane kuphela namadivayisi eselula, kepha AbakwaSamsung futhi bangazihlanganisa nezinto zikagesi zasekhaya lokho kuzenzela ukuzilawula ngemiyalo yezwi, amathelevishini kanye nanoma iyiphi enye into engalawulwa ngale ndlela.
Ukutholwa kweViv ngabakwaSamsung kunika inkampani yaseKorea inzuzo kunabanye abakhiqizi be-Android, ikakhulukazi uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi uMsizi weGoogle uzotholakala kuphela kumatheminali ePixel inkampani eyethule ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, okungenani okwamanje. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthengwa kweViv kukuvumela ukuthi uqhubeke nokunciphisa ukuncika kuGoogle futhi unikeze nethuba lokuqala ukusebenzisa lo msizi eTizen, kokubili kunguqulo yama-Smartphones nakuhlobo lwama-smartwatches.