Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo iApple yasungula ngokusesikweni i-HomePod, nangona yayise-United States, e-United Kingdom nase-Australia. Ukukhutshwa ngokulinganiselweyo kwinto inkampani eqhele ukuyenza mva nje, kwaye oko kunika uninzi lwethu umbono wokuba uphendula kwisicwangciso esitsha senkampani sokungazisi izinto ngokungxama ngokubhekisele kwisoftware.
Umgangatho wokumamela okhethekileyo kwisithethi sobungakanani bayo, kodwa isoftware enomdla kakhulu efumaneka kuphela ngesiNgesi yenza le HomePod isixhobo esinezinto ezintle ngalo mzuzu, kodwa sinegumbi elibanzi lokuphucula. Emva kophononongo lokuqala onokuthi ulubone kwividiyo elandelayo la magama, ndiza kukuxelela imbono yam emva kweveki ndisebenzisa isithethi esitsha esihlakaniphile sika-Apple.
Isandi sisabalulekile, okwangoku
Izithethi ezi-Smart zisekwinqanaba lokuqala kakhulu kwento ezinokuba yiyo. Yile ndlela i-smartphones eyaqala ngayo, kwaye ngoku iifowuni phantse yeyona nto ibalulekileyo ekubonelelwa yifowuni ephathekayo, ubuncinci kubantu abaninzi. Ngokuqinisekileyo zikhona iintsuku apho ungafumaniyo okanye ungafowuni, ukanti usebenzisa i-smartphone yakho ngokuqhubekayo. Oku kunokuba yinto eqhelekileyo kwizithethi ezikrelekrele kwiminyaka embalwa ngokunjalo, kodwa asikafiki kweli nqanaba okwangoku.
Ke ngoko ukumamela umculo osemgangathweni kubalulekile kwisithethi esihle. Kwaye andithethi ngomculo olungileyo, kuba wonke umntu unezinto azithandayo, kodwa ngomculo owuthandayo ngesona sandi sihle. I-HomePod izalisekisa loo mishini ngemibala ephaphazelayo. Ngobungakanani bayo obuncinci igcwalisa igumbi lonke ngesandi esihle, nokuba uphi. Iibhasi ezilungileyo, ii-mids ezilungileyo kunye nokuphakama okuhle ... isandi sisasazwa zii-tweeters ezisixhenxe kunye nesithethi sayo sebhasi esinomgangatho omkhulu, kunye neprosesa ye-A8 ebandakanya ukuphatha isandi ngokugqibeleleyo.
Ndingathanda ukukhangela ukuba zisebenza njani ii-HomePods ezimbini ezinxibeleleneyo, into engenakwenziwa okwangoku kodwa eza kufika kuhlaziyo lwesoftware kungekudala, mhlawumbi nge-iOS 11.3, mhlawumbi ngexesha i-HomePod ifumaneka eSpain nakwamanye amazwe umsebenzi sele uqalisiwe. Kodwa okwangoku ngesithethi esinye ndingathi ingaphezulu ngokwaneleyo, ndingathi yanele, kwigumbi eliphakathi kakhulu. Umthamo wayo omkhulu uyingozi ezindlebeni, kodwa awugqwethi. Nokuba umthamo wayo ophakathi uphezulu kakhulu ukuba awufuni kuphazamisa ummelwane ngexesha lokulala.
Uqhele ukulawula ilizwi ngokukhawuleza
Sele kuyinto eqhelekileyo ukungena kwimeko kwaye ubize uSiri, kwaye okwangoku sisiNgesi. Andifuni ukucinga ukuba singayisebenzisa nini ngeSpanish, kodwa okwangoku nabantwana bam sele bedlala umculo wabo ngokuthetha noSiri, babuza ixesha okanye imozulu. Kuyimpumelelo enkulu ukuba (phantse) unikezele ngolawulo lomzimba, phakathi kwezinye izinto kuba ngokubanzi umntu akaze asondele kwisithethi. Awuhlali usibeka isithethi kufutshane nalapho uhleli khona, kutheni ke sifuna amaqhosha?
I-HomePod ikuvumela ukuba ulawule ivolumu, ume kancinci, uqale ukudlala kwakhona, uye phambili kwaye ubuye umva ngokuthepha ngaphezulu, kodwa ndakuba ndizisebenzisele ividiyo yokuphononongwa andikaze ndiyisebenzise kwakhona. Ukuthetha noSiri kusebenza ngakumbi, kwaye njengoko ihlala imamela kwaye ihlala ikuva ngaphandle kokuphakamisa ilizwi lakho, andibeki siphoso esinye kule ndlela. Kudala ndisebenzisa ii-AirPods ngaphezulu konyaka kwaye andikasetyenziselwa ukusebenzisa uSiri nazo okwangoku, kodwa ngeKhayaPod yahluke ngokupheleleyo, kubonakala ngathi yinto yendalo kwaye uhlengahlengisa ngokukhawuleza. IsiNgesi sangoku sithetha ukuba ezinye izinto ongaziqondiyo kakuhle, okanye ukuba kukho uluhlu olunamagama ngeSpanish ongawaziyo, kodwa aya kusonjululwa xa elulwimi lwethu, ngethemba lokuba kungekudala kungekudala.
Andinakugxininisa ngokwaneleyo ukuba uSiri umamela njani kuwe. Ekuqaleni uhlala uthetha ngethoni ephezulu kunesiqhelo, kodwa kancinci kancinci uyaqonda ukuba akuyomfuneko, kuba ekuva ngcono kunokuba ucinga. Nokuba kukho ingxolo egumbini, umabonwakude uvuliwe okanye umamele umculo ngePod yasekhaya, USiri ukumamela rhoqo ngaphandle kokuphakamisa ilizwi lakho. Ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba lokuba nditsho oyena mntu uthandabuzekayo endinokumsebenzisa njenge "standard yegolide", ayikho enye into kwaye akukho nto ingaphantsi komfazi wam, sele eqala ukusebenzisa uSiri ukucima isibane segumbi lokuhlala xa siyokulala. Ngaphambi kokuba nditsho ukuba kuya kufuneka uthethe kakhulu kwi-iPhone okanye kwi-Apple Watch. Uvavanyo luphumelele.
Ukulawula iKhaya lasekhaya ngePodPod yam
Ukulawula izixhobo zakho ezihambelana neKhayaKit, ubukade ufuna i-Apple TV okanye i-iPad (kungcono ngakumbi eyokuqala ngokhetho oluninzi lolawulo), kodwa ngoku sinokongeza i-HomePod kolu luhlu. Isithethi se-Apple siba sisiseko esitsha sezinto ezihambelanayo neqonga le-Apple lasekhaya, kwaye kuza neendlela ezintsha zokuzilawula. Ngokungaqondakaliyo iApple khange ibonelele nge-Apple TV 4K entsha ngemakrofoni esivumele ukuba sinike iiodolo ukucima izibane, jonga iqondo lobushushu okanye uqhagamshele iplagi. Sasingamakhoboka e-iPhone okanye i-Apple Watch yethu, kwaye loo nto yenza ukuba ulawulo lwamagama lungapheli lube yinto yendalo ngokupheleleyo.
U-Apple ukwazile ukuthatha inyathelo elikhulu lokuya phambili kwi-HomePod ngenxa yezizathu ezibini. I-Apple TV ayisiyomveliso ithandwayo ngaphandle kwe-United States, kwaye nangona ukufika kweNetflix, HBO kunye neAmazon Prime Video kuye kwanceda ekwenzeni isixhobo sika-Apple saziwe ngakumbi kuba abanye sele besibona sinomdla, kusekho uninzi lwabantu olungakwaziyo baziqinisekise ukuba i-Apple 200 ye-Apple ibiza ixabiso layo. Ngaba uthenga i-Apple TV ukulawula nje iKhayaKit? Uninzi lukubona njengento engenakucingelwa esele ineethelevishini ezidibanisa usetyenziso olufunekayo ukubukela uthotho lwabo okanye iimovie.
Nangona kunjalo, izinto zinokwahluka ngePod yasekhaya. Isithethi esisemgangathweni sokumamela umculo esinoyilo olugqwesileyo kwaye esivumela ukuba usebenze njengombindi weKhayaKit kunokubangela abantu abaninzi bagqibe ekubeni bathenge izixhobo ezifanelekileyo, kwaye enye inokusetyenziswa ngenye indlela: abasebenzisi abaninzi beKhayaKit banokufumana isithethi sinomdla ukulawula iiplagi zakho, iibhalbhu kunye neethermostats. Abavelisi abanjengoKoogeek okanye i-IKEA bayaqhubeka nokubonakala ukuba bazisa iimveliso ezihambelanayo ngamaxabiso afikelelekayo aya kunceda.
Kodwa igumbi elininzi lokuphucula
Xa sithetha ngobuhle bePod yasekhaya ngokuqinisekileyo asinakulibandakanya icala "elilumkileyo". USiri ungumncedisi obonakalayo ukuba iApple iphuhlise iminyaka, kwaye ukuba kwi-iPhone sele sikhalaza ukuba kufuneka iphuculwe, kwiKhayaPod kukude kakhulu, phantse kwi-diapers. Kuyinyani ukuba into eyenzayo, isebenza kakuhle: lawula iApple Music, thumela kwaye ufunde imiyalezo, Imibuzo kwi-intanethi njengemozulu, unyaka i-albhamu yakhutshwa okanye yongeza amanqaku kunye nezikhumbuzo. Kodwa xa into isebenza kakuhle, ufuna ngaphezulu, kwaye nantsi inkathazo iqala.
Kuninzi okutshiwo malunga ne-ecosystem evaliweyo ka-Apple kwimeko yeKhayaPod, ukuba ayihambelani neSpotify (nangona kunjalo, kodwa hayi ngolawulo lwelizwi) okanye ezinye iinkqubo zomntu wesithathu. Kum konke oku, okomzuzwana, kukho into enokuchitheka. Ngokucacileyo ndingumsebenzisi we-Apple kwaye ke ndine-iPhone, i-iPad, i-Apple TV kwaye ndisebenzisa i-Apple Music, ke izithintelo kwiinkonzo zomntu wesithathu azindichaphazeli kakhulu. Kodwa ingxaki yile I-Apple ibeke izithintelo nkqu neenkonzo zayo kunye nokusetyenziswa, kwaye oko akuqondakali.
Imiyalezo, amanqaku kunye nezikhumbuzo, ukongeza kwi-Apple Music, yiyo yonke into onokuyisebenzisa okwangoku ukuba sithetha ngezicelo ze-Apple. Kwaye kukho into esisiseko njengokucela malunga neziganeko zekhalenda yam? Nangona kunokubonakala ngathi yinto ehlekisayo, i-HomePod ayinakho ukufikelela kwi-app yakho yeKhalenda, ayinakho nokwenza umnxeba ngaphandle kokuchukumisa i-iPhone yakho. Into ongayenza nge-AirPods yakho okanye nge-Apple Watch yakho usebenzisa iSiri awukwazi ukuyenza ngePod Home… Iyamangalisa kodwa iyinyani. U-Apple ufune ukwenza uSiri nokuba yi-dumber kwi-HomePod yayo, kwaye oko kufanele ukuba kungenxa yezizathu esingazaziyo kodwa ekufuneka zisonjululwe kungekudala.
Amathuba okubonelela ngePodPod enkulu kakhulu, kwaye ayisiyiyo kuphela indawo yomculo. Ukongeza kwinto esele iyenzile (kwaye ndiyaphinda, iyayenza kakuhle kakhulu) kwaye iyacaca (ingayenza imicimbi yekhalenda, iminxeba okanye uthethwano oluthe kratya kwi-intanethi), ilizwe elinamathuba liyavula elenza ukuba uphuphe . Kwenzeka kum ukuba ndisebenzise kwaye ndijonge iApple TV yam ngaphandle kokuchukumisa iSiri Remote, Ndiqala ukudlala kwakhona uthotho lwam endiluthandayo ngokuthetha nePodPod yam, kwaye ndiyicime ngendlela efanayo. Ngumzekelo nje wento enokwenzeka kungekudala, nanini na xa iApple ifuna njalo.
I-HomePod iseku-beta
Inyani yile yokuba iPod yasekhaya isephantsi kophuhliso. Mhlawumbi inkampani ikhawuleziselwe ukumiliselwa kwayo ngokungxama kukuba iimveliso ezifanayo sele zikhona, ezinje ngeKhaya likaGoogle okanye iAmazon Echo, okanye ngeSonos ziphucula izithethi zayo kwaye zongeza imisebenzi emitsha "ehlakaniphile" kumgangatho wayo odumileyo kukhangela ukubanjwa Inxalenye yale ntengiso intsha ivela. Ukukhutshwa kukhawulelwe kumazwe amathathu (e-UK, e-US nase-Australia) kwaye kuphela ngesiNgesi, xa uSiri sele exhasa ezinye iilwimi ezininzi, kwaye enezinto ezimbalwa ezinokuthelekiswa nento uSiri anokuyenza kwi-iPhone.
Yonke imiqondiso yalatha ukuba iPod yasekhaya ayigqitywanga, njengezinye iimveliso ezininzi ezikhutshwe yinkampani. Kukwashiwo okufanayo nge-Apple Watch kungekudala, kwaye iyaqhubeka ngaphandle kokutsho ukuba yeyiphi na inqanaba le-smartwatch ka-Apple ngoku, kungabikho khuphiswano kule marike. I-HomePod iya kuphucula, akukho mathandabuzo, kuba lithuba i-Apple elingenako ukuliphosa. Kuhlala kusithiwa kungcono ukuthenga isizukulwana sesibini sayo nayiphi na iApple entsha, andivumelani. Ndiya kuthanda ukonwabela ukuphuculwa kwalePodPod yokuqala njengoko zibonakala, kwaye okwangoku, ndiyasonwabela isandi esingaqhelekanga.