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Uma ubukele ezalo nyaka inkomfa ye-Google I/O, umbuzo owodwa kungenzeka ukuthi ungene engqondweni yakho - ingabe i-Google isiqalile ukuwela ngemuva kwe-Apple ekuqhubekeleni phambili kwayo? Ngisho noma izintatheli ze-Google-positive zakhala ngokuthi nakuba isethulo sithathe amahora amaningi, i-Google ayizange ilethe lutho oluhle kakhulu ngenxa yalokho. Okuningi akukhombisile bekuvele kwethulwe yi-Apple esikhathini esingangonyaka esidlule.

Ubuciko be-Apple bokuxoxisana nokuzulazula emhlabeni webhizinisi lombukiso, izitudiyo zokuqopha futhi empeleni yonke indawo exhumene nomculo, amafilimu nokunye okuqukethwe okufanayo kwaphinde kwaboniswa ngokugcwele kulo nyaka ngo-March, lapho inkampani yaseCalifornian umemezele ukusebenzisana okukhethekile ne-HBO ekuqaleni kanye nesevisi yayo entsha ye-Now. I-Google kamuva yayingenakho ukukhetha ngaphandle kokuthatha ugqozi ku-Apple futhi ibambe ngakho ku-I/O yayo ngokumemezela ukusebenzisana okufanayo.

Okusha kudala

I-Google iphinde yaqonda ukuthi akulungile uma izinhlelo zokusebenza zeselula zinezimvume ezingaba khona kusukela ekuqaleni, ngakho-ke baqala ukuxazulula lokhu ngokubuza uhlelo lokusebenza lomsebenzisi ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho luqalwa okokuqala, ukuthi lungakwazi yini ukufinyelela othintana nabo noma izithombe, isibonelo. Nalapha futhi, kuwumkhuba u-Apple owawethula ohlelweni lwayo lokusebenza lwe-iOS kudala.

Kube khona imenyu enhle yokukopisha/unamathisele njalo ku-iOS yezinguqulo ezimbalwa, i-Google nayo ethathe ugqozi kuyo ukuze iyenze ibe enembile lapho idala eyabo ku-Android M. Ngokufana ne-Apple eminyakeni edlule, onjiniyela bakwaGoogle manje sebegxile kubuchwepheshe obuhlukahlukene ngaphansi kwe-hood obuzoqinisekisa ukonga okukhulu kwebhethri.

Phambilini, i-Apple iphinde yaqhamuka nensizakalo yokukhokha kanye nenkundla yokulawula ikhaya, noma izinto ezisetshenziswayo ezahlukahlukene kanye nezinsiza. I-Google manje isiphendulile ngokwethula i-Android Pay, ethatha kokubili igama kanye nendlela ezosebenza ngayo kusukela kusixazululo esiqhudelanayo: njengohlelo lokukhokha oludidiyelwe oluxhunywe ekuqinisekiseni izigxivizo zeminwe.

Kodwa kusukela kwethulwa i-Apple Pay ngonyaka odlule, abanye abaqhudelana nabo bavele emakethe, ngakho-ke ngeke kube lula ku-Google ukuzisungula nge-Android Pay. Enye inkinga futhi inombolo encane yamafoni anenzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo angasasebenzisi enye isistimu yokukhokha (isb. I-Samsung Pay).

Kwa-I/O, i-Google iphinde yethula eyayo inguqulo yesikhulumi se-inthanethi Yezinto, ngokubuka kwe-Apple i-HomeKit engaphezulu noma ngaphansi, ngakho ukuphela kwento entsha ngempela eyaboniswa i-Google ku-Android ibizwa ngokuthi. Manje ku-Thepha. Siyabonga ngakho, amawebhusayithi azoziphatha njengezinhlelo zokusebenza zomdabu. Izixhumanisi ze-Hypertext ekugcineni zizokwazi ukuvula esikhundleni samanye amakhasi ewebhu wohlelo oluthile futhi ngokunokwenzeka zenze isenzo esithile ngokuqondile.

Ngo-2015, nokho, ukuqamba okusha, okwangempela, nokungaphelelwa yisikhathi kwanyamalala ngokuphelele ekwakhiweni kwesoftware ye-Google. I-Android M, njengoba kubizwa kanjalo uhlelo olusha lokusebenza lweselula, ngokuyinhloko ibisanda kuhlangana nembangi ye-Apple, ebonakala ingenakuvinjwa ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula ngohlelo lwayo lokusebenza lwe-iPhone 6 ne-iOS 8.

Ukulawula okuphelele kwe-Apple kuyawina

Ekuqaleni kwesonto elizayo, umdondoshiya waseCalifornia uzokwethula izindaba zesoftware yaso, futhi i-Google ingathemba kuphela ukuthi ngeke iphinde iyidlule kakhulu, njengoba kwenzekile ezindaweni eziningi ngonyaka odlule. Akukhishwanga ngaphandle ukuthi, ngokwesibonelo, ngonyaka isimo sizophenduka futhi futhi i-Google izoba phezulu, noma kunjalo, inobubi obukhulu obubhekene ne-Apple: ukwamukelwa kancane kancane kwezinhlelo zayo ezintsha.

Nakuba i-iOS 8, ekhishwe ekwindla edlule, isivele inabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abangaphezu kuka-80% kumafoni namathebulethi abo, ingxenye encane kuphela yabo bonke abasebenzisi bayonambitha izindaba ze-Android yakamuva ezinyangeni ezizayo. Isibonelo esisodwa sabo bonke sithulwa yi-Android 5.0 L, eyethulwe ngonyaka odlule, namuhla enamaphesenti angaphansi kuka-10 kuphela wabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abafakiwe.

Nakuba i-Google ngokuqinisekile ingathanda ukuba ngeyokuqala kakhulu ezinguqulweni ezintsha zesistimu yayo, izohlale ivinjelwa iqiniso lokuthi, ngokungafani ne-Apple, ayinayo i-hardware nesofthiwe elawulwayo ngesikhathi esisodwa. Ngakho-ke i-Android entsha isakazeka kancane kakhulu, kuyilapho i-Apple ithola impendulo ebalulekile ezigidini zabasebenzisi emhlabeni jikelele kusukela ngosuku lokuqala ikhipha inguqulo entsha ye-iOS.

Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi nabasebenzisi abanamadivayisi ezizukulwaneni ezimbalwa ezindala bangashintshela ohlelweni lwakamuva. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-iOS 9, ezoboniswa yi-Apple ngesonto elizayo, kufanele igxile nakakhulu kumamodeli amadala ama-iPhones nama-iPads, ukuze imisebenzi emisha ijatshulelwe abasebenzisi abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngaphandle kokutshala imali emikhiqizweni emisha.

Ekugcineni, ku-I/O, i-Google iqinisekise ngokungaqondile ukuthi, ngokuxakayo, inkundla ye-iOS eqhudelanayo ibaluleke kakhulu kuyo. Nakuba i-Apple izamile ukuqeda ukuncika kwayo ku-Google eminyakeni yamuva (ishintshele kudatha yayo yemephu, yayeka ukunikela ngesicelo sayo se-YouTube), i-Google ngokwayo yenza konke ukugcina amakhasimende e-Apple. Yena ngokwakhe ukhiphe izicelo zakhe eziqondene ngqo namamephu, i-YouTube futhi unengqikithi yezihloko ezicishe zibe ngamashumi amabili ku-App Store.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Google isazuza ngaphezu kwengxenye yemali eyitholayo ekukhangiseni kweselula kwa-iOS, futhi manje izama ukunikeza izinsizakalo zayo ezintsha hhayi ngeplatifomu yayo kuphela, kodwa ne-iOS kusukela ngosuku lokuqala, ukuze ivikeleke. inombolo enkulu yabasebenzisi. Isibonelo yi-Google Photos, efana nesevisi ye-Apple yegama elifanayo, kodwa ngokungafani nayo, i-Google izama ukuzithola yonke indawo lapho ingazithola khona. I-Apple idinga kuphela i-ecosystem yayo.

Ngakho-ke isimo se-Google nge-Android siyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, kodwa kusekuningi obekulindelwe kuso. Izinsizakalo kanye nobuchwepheshe okwethulwa i-Apple ngonyaka odlule, njenge-Apple Pay, i-HomeKit noma i-Health, sekuqala ukuphuma phansi, futhi kungalindeleka ukuthi u-Tim Cook et al uzobajoyina nakulo nyaka. bazokwengeza okuningi. Ukuthi bazoyiphusha kude kangakanani i-Apple kusuka ku-Google kusazobonakala, kepha inkampani yeCupertino manje isisesimweni esikahle sokwenza ukuhola okubalulekile.

Umthombo: Apple Insider
Photo: UMaurizio Pesce

 

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