Ngokwethulwa kochungechunge lwe-Apple Watch 3 ne-iPhone X, kusenomunye umkhiqizo omusha we-Apple ohlwini lokuthenga kulo nyaka: I-HomePod.
I-Apple ibukeze isikhulumi sayo esisha esihlakaniphile ngoJuni eWWDC futhi manje isikhathi sesiseduze sokuthi ingene emakethe. Yilokhu esikwaziyo ngomkhiqizo kuze kube manje.
Yini i-HomePod?
I-HomePod yiyona Isipikha somculo sokuqala se-Apple kusukela nge-iPod Hi-Fi (eyaphuma ngo-2007 futhi yathatha umhlalaphansi ngonyaka olandelayo). I-HomePod idlala umculo ngaphandle kwentambo nge-Wi-Fi ngqo kusuka ku-Apple Music noma ku-AirPlay kusuka ku-iPhone, iPad, Mac nakwamanye amadivayisi we-Apple aseduze. I-HomePod yakhe iSiri eyakhelwe ngaphakathi yokulawulwa kwezwi isebenzisa uhlu lwamakrofoni ayisithupha olwenza isikhulumi esihlakaniphile.
Yini ongayenza?
Usebenzisa ukulawulwa kwezwi ngeSiri, i-HomePod ngokuyinhloko isipikha somculo esingenantambo se-Apple Music. Amanye amasevisi womculo afana neSpotify kufanele asebenze nge-AirPlay kusuka kudivayisi eseduze, kodwa yi-Apple Music kuphela ezonikela ngokulawulwa kwezwi okuhlakaniphile. Njenge-Google Home ne-Amazon Echo, i-HomePod nayo izoba isilawuli sasekhaya esihlakaniphile futhi ukuphela kwesipikha esihlakaniphile sokusebenza nezinsiza ze-HomeKit. I-HomePod futhi ihabhu le-HomeKit ukuze ukwazi ukulawula kude izesekeli futhi usebenze ngemishini ngokusebenzisa i-Apple TV noma i-iPad ekhaya.
I-HomePod ayigcini ngokulawula nje i-Apple Music ne-HomeKit. I-HomePod Ungadlala futhi ama-Apple podcast, usethe ama-alamu, unikeze izindaba, setha izikhumbuzi, futhi uthumele nemiyalezo.. Akucaci ukuthi amakholi ezwi nawo azosekelwa yini.
Ezinye izinto ezihlakaniphile zifaka ukudlala okulalelwayo kwamagumbi amaningi nge-AirPlay 2, ukumataniswa kwesitiriyo phakathi kwama-HomePods amabili aseduze, nokushuna komsindo okuzenzakalelayo okususelwa ekwazisweni kwendawo. Ihlaziya ngokuzenzakalela ama-acoustics, ilungisa umsindo ngokususelwa ekubekweni kwesipikha, futhi iqondise umculo ohlangothini olulungile. Noma ngabe iyiphi indawo…. Ngokumelene nodonga, eshalofini, noma maphakathi negumbi, uhlala uthola isipiliyoni sokulalela okucwilisiwe.
Izicelo zabantu besithathu
Ukuhambisana okuvela eceleni kuzokhawulelwa kakhulu ukuqala. I-HomePod ngokuyinhloko isikhulumi esihlakaniphile esisebenza nezinsizakalo ze-Apple njenge-Apple Music, i-Apple podcasts, i-HomeKit, izikhumbuzo, nezinye izici ze-Siri ezingatholakali kuzipikha ezihlakaniphile ezincintisanayo. Noma kunjalo, USiri usekela izinhlelo zokusebenza ezivela eceleni ku-iOS naku-HomePod kuzoba nokusekelwa okulinganiselwe kwalokhu ngeSiriKit kusukela nge-iOS 11.2. I-SiriKit ye-HomePod ivumela izinhlelo zokusebenza ezivela eceleni ezisebenzisa iSiriKit ku-iOS ukuthumela imiyalezo, uhlu, namanothi okusebenza nedivayisi ngaphandle kokucushwa okwengeziwe.
Umklamo
Ungena imibala emibili: mhlophe noma isikhala esimpunga. Zombili lezi zinguqulo zisongwe ngendwangu yemesh futhi zifaka ifomathi yamagagasi e-LED ngaphezulu ukubonisa umsebenzi weSiri. Ngenkathi le ndawo ayisona isikrini ngqo, ukukhanya kwayo kwe-LED kunamandla futhi kungashintsha ukukhombisa nezilawuli zevolumu. Indawo ephezulu nayo iyazwela futhi ingasetshenziswa ukubiza uSiri noma ukulawula ukudlala komsindo.
Imininingwane
Izikweletu ze-Apple HomePod njengesipikha esingcono kune- $ 3 Sonos Play: 299 ebeka ngaphezu kwe-199 Sonos One futhi mhlawumbe ngaphansi kwe-Sonos Play: 5 kokungu-499 ngokuya ngekhwalithi yomsindo, kepha kuzofanele sihlole i-HomePod lapho yethulwa ukuqiniseka ngakho. Ngokuya ngama-specs, i-Apple ichaza ubukhulu kanye nabangaphakathi ukuthola umbono wokuthi yini ongayilindela.
Ubukhulu:
• 6.8 amayintshi amade (172 mm)
• 5.6 amayintshi ububanzi (142 mm)
Isisindo:
• 5.5 wamakhilogremu (2.5 kg)
Ubuchwepheshe bomsindo
• woofer ne-amplifier yangokwezifiso
• I-Matrix yesikhombisa ama-titter, ngayinye inesiko layo siqu amp
• Ukuhlelwa kwemakrofoni eyisithupha ye-Siri ekude nokutholwa kwegumbi
• Imakrofoni yangaphakathi yokulinganisa imvamisa ephansi yokulungiswa kwe-bass okuzenzakalelayo
• I-beamforming eqondile neqondile yomsindo
• Ukusebenza okusobala okunamandla ezingeni le studio
Awunantambo
• 802.11a / b / g / n / ac Wi - Fi ene-MIMO
• Ukusekelwa kwesipikha esinamagumbi amaningi nge-AirPlay 2
Mayelana namandla wokucubungula, imikhumbi ye-HomePod ifakwe i-Apple's A8 chip eyaqala nge-iPhone 6 ne-6 Plus futhi iyasetshenziswa nakwisizukulwane sesine i-Apple TV.
Idethi yokukhishwa / ukutholakala / intengo
U-Apple wethule i-HomePod ngoJuni eWWDC yayo, kepha uPhil Schiller ayizange icacise noma yini mayelana nosuku lokukhishwaKuzoba ngoDisemba kuphela: "Izoqala ukuthunyelwa ngoDisemba, kuqala e-US, UK nase-Australia bese kuthi ngonyaka ozayo, emhlabeni wonke."
I-HomePod izobiza u- $ 350 e-United States; I-Apple kusamele imemezele amanani aphesheya.
I-oda langaphambilini
Kulungile, ngakho-ke siyazi ukuthi i-HomePod izotholakala ngesinye isikhathi ngoDisemba, kepha ungayithenga nini? Ama-oda wangaphambilini wamadivayisi amasha ngokujwayelekile vula isonto elilodwa ngaphambi kokwethulwa. Lokho kusho ukuthi sizokwazi ukubona i-HomePod pre-oda okungenani kuze kube yisonto ngaphambi kukaDisemba, ngoNovemba 24, ngokuqondakalayo Black Friday, usuku lokuthenga olukhulu ngonyaka e-US futhi olugujwa lapha eSpain.