Besikwazi lokho kulo nyaka u-2018 bekuzoba yisikhathi lapho izipikha ezihlakaniphile zaziyi "boom" emakethe. Besivele sibona eCES eLas Vegas ukuthi ezinye izinkampani zibheja kanjani kulo mkhakha omusha, ngenkathi i-Apple ekugcineni yethula imodeli yayo, i-HomePod. Kodwa-ke, besingenayo i-Facebook, omunye wabadlali ababalulekile, okusobala ukuthi, bazogxumela kwi-bandwagon ngamamodeli amabili.
Ngokwencwadi DigiTimes, I-Facebook izobe isebenza ukuletha izikhulumi ezimbili ezihlakaniphile emakethe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amagama amakhodi amabili aziwa ngawo womabili amamodeli aziwa: "Aloha" kanye "Fiona". Futhi, qaphela, kungabonakala njengokuhamba okunobungozi ngandlela thile, kepha bonke abahlaziyi babikezela ukuthi kulo nyaka kungafinyelela ukuthengiswa kwamayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-50 zalolu hlobo lwezipikha ezixhunyiwe, lapho i-Amazon manje iyiNkosi.
I-Facebook izobheja amamodeli amabili anezikrini zokuthinta -15 amayintshi ngokusho kwamahemuhemu. Futhi ukuthi lawa amamodeli awafuni nje kuphela ukuhlinzeka insizakalo yomsizi womuntu siqu efana ne-Siri noma i-Alexa ye-Amazon, kodwa futhi bazobheja nokuxhumana nabantu oxhumana nabo - akumangazi ngoba umsebenzi omkhulu wenethiwekhi yokuxhumana kufanele kube ukuxhumana nabanye abantu .
Ngakho-ke "u-Aloha" no "Fiona" bobabili bangavumela yenza amakholi wevidiyo noma uxoxe ngohlelo lwe-Facebook Messenger ngendlela elula. Manje, kuzinhlobo ezimbili eseziphumile, kubukeka sengathi u-Aloha uzoqanjwa kabusha ngokusemthethweni "iPortal". Lesi sikhulumi sizoba nekhamera ebanzi evumela ukubonwa kobuso komsebenzisi futhi inikeze ukufinyelela kuphrofayela ye-Facebook ngaphandle kokufaka igama lomsebenzisi nephasiwedi.
Okokugcina, i-Facebook inezinhloso ezicacile zokuya ngqo ku-Amazon. Izinhlobo ze-online commerce giant nazo zinemodeli enesikrini sokuthinta, i-Amazon Echo, esithengisa kakhulu. Noma kunjalo, kufanele sikukhumbule lokho I-Facebook nayo ibheja ngokuqukethwe kwevidiyo. Futhi lokho futhi kungaba enye yezinkomba zokufaka isikrini se-15-intshi kuzipikha zakho ezihlakaniphile zesikhathi esizayo kanye nabaqokelwe ukuya ekhaya lakho maduze nje: izinsuku azinikezwa ngaphezu kukaJulayi walo nyaka 2018.