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Kwakungu-2017 futhi i-Apple yabamba i-WWDC ngoJuni 5. Ngaphandle kokuqanjwa kwayo kwesoftware, iphinde yethula amaMacBook amasha, iMac Pro kanye nomkhiqizo wokuqala esigabeni sezipikha ezihlakaniphile - i-HomePod. Kusukela lapho, i-WWDC bekuyi-software kuphela, kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi inkampani ayikwazi ukumangala kulo nyaka. Ukunwetshwa kwephothifoliyo ye-HomePod kungayithanda ngempela. 

I-Apple ayisathengisi i-HomePod yasekuqaleni. Kuphothifoliyo yakhe uzothola kuphela imodeli ene-epithet mini. Ngakho-ke hhayi lapha, ngoba inkampani ayithengisi ngokusemthethweni izikhulumi ezihlakaniphile eCzech Republic. Lokhu kungenzeka kakhulu ngenxa yokungatholakali kwe-Czech Siri, lapho ama-HomePods akwa-Apple aboshwe khona eduze. Kodwa uma ufuna, ungawathenga futhi kithi ngokusabalalisa okumpunga (isb lapha).

Ngisho nangaphambi kwe-WWDC yangonyaka odlule, bekunokuqagela ukuthi kusho ukuthini nge-homeOS, u-Apple akusho lapho efuna abasebenzi abasha ohlelweni olushicilelwe. Mayelana nelebula, kungaba uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-HomePod uqobo, kodwa futhi kungaba uhlelo oluhlanganisa noma yini ehlobene nekhaya elihlakaniphile. Futhi uma singambonanga ngonyaka odlule, lokho akusho ukuthi ngeke akwazi ukuza kulo nyaka. Phela, amalungelo obunikazi amaningi enkampani akhomba ukuthi ingathanda ukwenza idivayisi yayo ehlakaniphile ihlakaniphe nakakhulu.

Amalungelo obunikazi akhombisa okuningi, kodwa kuncike ekusetshenzisweni 

Mayelana namakhamera ahlakaniphile, umsebenzisi angase axwayiswe lapho othile amaziyo emi emnyango wakhe. Akudingekile ukuba kube nje ilungu lomndeni. Uma umuntu omaziyo eza ezofuna ikhofi lantambama, i-Homepod ingathola isaziso esivela kukhamera futhi ikwazise ukuthi ingubani. Uma ethule nje wawuvele wazi ukuthi kukhona umuntu ongamazi. I-HomePod mini ngokuqinisekile ingaphatha lokhu ngendlela yokuvuselela.

Ama-HomePods anephedi yokuthinta phezulu ongayisebenzisa ukuwalawula uma ungafuni ukukhuluma nesipika. Empeleni ungayisebenzisa kuphela ukuze unqume ivolumu, udlale futhi umise umculo kancane, noma wenze kusebenze i-Siri mathupha. Uma i-Apple ibilungiselela isizukulwane esisha, futhi inalo ilungelo lobunikazi elichaza ukuthi i-HomePod izolawulwa kanjani ngokuthinta komzimba. 

Ngakho-ke isipikha sizoqukatha izinzwa (LiDAR?) ezilandelela ukunyakaza kwezandla zomsebenzisi. Hlobo luni lokuthinta ongakwenza ku-HomePod, ingasabela futhi icuphe isenzo esifanele ngokufanele. Sesiyazi ukuthi ama-LED ahlanganiswe kuzipikha eziningi ezingenantambo. Uma i-Apple iphinde yazisebenzisa ngaphansi kwe-HomePod's mesh, ingazisebenzisa ukukwazisa "ngokuqonda" kokuthinta kwakho.

Izinzwa zingaba izinga lokuqala, njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwesistimu yekhamera kunikezwa lapha. Bebengeke besalandela ukuthinta kwakho njengamehlo abo kanye nendlela ababheke ngayo. Ngenxa yalokhu, i-HomePod izokwazi ukuthi nguwe noma elinye ilungu lomndeni elikhuluma nayo. Lokhu kuzolungisa ukuhlaziya kwezwi ngoba kuzoba khona okubonakalayo okunamathiselwe kukho, futhi kuzolungisa umphumela wokuthi i-HomePod izobuyela kuwe noma kunoma yimuphi omunye umuntu egumbini. I-HomePod izophinde inikeze okuqukethwe kwayo kumsebenzisi ngamunye.

Sizothola isixazululo maduze nje. Uma engekho ama-HomePods e-WWDC, sizokwazi ukuwalindela kuphela ekwindla yalo nyaka. Asethembe nje ukuthi i-Apple inokuthile esisibekele yona mayelana nabo, nokuthi umzamo wayo wokuthatha indawo yawo engxenyeni yesipikha esihlakaniphile awuqalanga nge-HomePod futhi wagcina nge-HomePod mini.

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