Enyangeni eyodwa edlule, isipikha esihlakaniphile se-HomePod saboniswa engqungqutheleni yonjiniyela ye-Apple, okufanele iqhudelane namadivayisi afana ne-Amazon Echo noma i-Google Home. Injini eyinhloko ye-HomePod yi-Siri, umsizi obonakalayo ovela ngqo kwa-Apple. Iminyaka eminingi, i-Samsung ithembele kumsizi ovela ku-Google, kodwa nge-premiere ye-"es-eight" ngo-March, umsizi we-virtual Bixby waboniswa emhlabeni ngokuqondile kubantu baseNingizimu Korea. I-Samsung, vele, ayifuni ukuhlala kuphela nama-smartphones, ngakho-ke futhi ithuthukisa isikhulumi sayo, lapho i-Bixby izodlala indima enkulu.
Isipikha se-Samsung esihlakaniphile sesinonyaka manje sithuthukiswa, futhi okwamanje sibizwa ngaphakathi njenge-"Vega". Into kuphela okwamanje The Wall Street Journal okutholiwe, iqiniso lokuthi umsizi omusha we-virtual Bixby uzodlala indima enkulu ku-"Vega". Njengamanje angaphendula kuphela imiyalo ngesi-Korean, kodwa kufanele afunde ezinye izilimi ekupheleni konyaka. Ngeshwa, amanye amapharamitha ezikhulumi ahlala efihliwe.
Kucace kakhulu ukuthi abakwaSamsung bacabange ngesipikha esihlakaniphile kudala ngaphambi kokusithumela emhlabeni Apple. Kodwa-ke, umsebenzi ubambezela ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Bixby, efunda izilimi ezintsha nemiyalo kancane kancane. Samsung muva nje kwadingeka kuhlehliswe ukukhululwa okuthenjisiwe kokusekelwa kwesiNgisi nezinye izilimi kungenzeka kubambezeleke nakho.
Ukubukeka okukhethekile kokuqala okusha @Samsung I-GearPod: #IkhayaPod #OkunyeOkunye pic.twitter.com/8d3V6eWBaY
— not Jony Ive (@JonyIveParody) June 6, 2017
Imakethe yezikhulumi ezihlakaniphile ikhula njalo. Umhambisi oyinhloko okwamanje yi-Amazon ne-Echo yayo, elandelwa yi-Google eneKhaya. Ekupheleni konyaka, uzojoyina Apple nge-HomePod. Lapho i-Samsung izokhipha isikhali sayo okwamanje izinkanyezi.
