I-HomePod, leso sipika ohlakaniphile, ukuyibiza ngandlela thile, ngoba abasebenzisi abaningi bayabubula, ikakhulukazi abalandeli be-Apple, isanda kukhulisa inani lamazwe lapho izokwazi ukuthenga khona futhi ngithi izokwazi ukuthenga, ngoba okwamanje kuze kube ngokuzayo ngoJuni 18 , kusakhawulelwe e-UK, Australia nase-US.
Kusukela ngoJuni 18, i-Apple izoqala ukuthumela amayunithi okuqala kubo bonke abasebenzisi abayibeka eFrance, eJalimane naseCanada, amazwe amathathu amasha azokwazi ukujabulela ubuhlakani obulinganiselwe beSiri ngaphezu kwe ikhwalithi yomsindo enhle kakhulu enikezwa yile divayisi (kusobala ukuthi akuyona yonke into engaba yimbi).
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule iBuzzFeed wadalula izindaba ukwethulwa okungenzeka kwe-HomePod kula mazwe amathathu, kepha kuze kube ngamahora ambalwa adlule, lapho i-Apple ikuqinisekisile ngokusemthethweni ngamakhasi ewebhu, lapho singabona khona intengo yokugcina leyo divayisi ezoba nayo, eyodwa ukungabaza okukhulu abasebenzisi baseYurophu ababenakho ngokushintshisana okujabulisayo kwe-euro-dollar.
I-HomePod izotholakala eFrance naseJalimane nge-349 euroYebo, intengo efanayo kodwa ngamadola nangaphandle kwentela i-HomePod enayo e-United States. Yize isivele ivela kuwebhusayithi, okwamanje ayinakubekelwa. Akukho lwazi olukhonjiswayo mayelana nokuthi kuzogcinwa nini ukuthi lube phakathi kwabokuqala ukulujabulela.
Ngemuva kokuvuselelwa kwakamuva kwe-iOS 11.4, okukhishwe yi-Apple ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, i-HomePod ekugcineni iyahambisana nobuchwepheshe besizukulwane sesibili I-AirPlay 2, ubuchwepheshe obusivumela ukuthi sizilawule ngokuzimela ngasinye sezipikha ezihambisana ne-AirPlay, ukuze sakhe izindawo ezahlukahlukene ekhaya lethu.
Izikhulumi ze-Sonos, ezinye zazo esesizihlolile Actualidad Gadget, nazo ziyahambisana nalobu buchwepheshe, ngakho ngeke kudingeke ukuthola i-HomePod uma sesivele sinakho emakhaya ethu a Sonos One noma i-Sonos Play: 5, eyokugcina ibiza kakhulu kune-HomePod.