Abantu batyelele ivenkile entsha yakwaGoogle kwindawo yakwaSoo ngo-Okthobha 20, 2016 kwisiXeko saseNew York. Ivenkile ivumela abantu ukuba bazame iimveliso zikaGoogle ezintsha ezinje ngePixel ifowuni, ikhaya likaGoogle, kunye neDaydream VR.Ifoto nguSpencer Platt / Getty Izithombe Isibonelelo sokuhamba kuqala yinto enamandla kwitekhnoloji. Ufumana ukucacisa udidi kwaye, ukuba ulumke ngokwaneleyo kwaye unengqondo ngokwaneleyo, uhlala usebenza kwisizukulwana esilandelayo ngelixa wonke umntu egxadazela ukubamba ukuya kwesokugqibela. I-Apple, enye, isavuna izibonelelo zokuba nguvulindlela kwii-smartphones zescreen esikwi-10 kwiminyaka eyadlulayo.
Ngoku sibukele kuvavanyo lwenqanaba lokuqala lokuhamba kwimarike evelayo yezithethi ezilawulwa lilizwi. Uvulindlela kunye neentshatsheli ezikhoyo ngoku baneminyaka emibini ubudala eAmazon Ukhutshiwe . Umceli mngeni Ikhaya leGoogle , Yaziswa ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo.
Kudala ndisebenzisa kokubini ejikeleze ikhaya lam ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndiqalise ukwenza izigqibo ezithile malunga nokulunga kwazo. Ngokubanzi, i-Echo kunye nomncedisi welizwi we-Alexa banokubulela ukuqala kwentloko yabo, benze amanye amaqhinga kunasekhaya likaGoogle.
Kodwa uMncedisi kaGoogle, ubuchopho ngaphakathi kweKhaya likaGoogle, kubonakala kuyinto entle ekrelekrele kune-Alexa ekuphenduleni imibuzo nasekuboneleleni ngolwazi, kunye nokubonelela ngendawo ebanzi yeenkonzo zonxibelelwano.
Zombini ezi zixhobo zinokusasaza umculo, zenze njengamaxesha, xelela iziqhulo, zilawule izixhobo zasekhaya kunye nokubonelela ngolwazi lwezithuthi kunye nemozulu. Kwaye bobabini bafuna ukuvuma ukunikezela inqanaba labucala ukuze bonwabele izibonelelo zetekhnoloji yabo.
Kungenxa yokuba ngamnye usebenzisa uluhlu lweemakrofoni ezibuthathaka ukumamela yonke into eyenzekayo ngeenxa zonke, elinde igama lakhe lokuvusa-Kulungile, uGoogle kwimeko yeKhaya likaGoogle; I-Alexa kwimeko ye-Echo-ukuya kwintwasahlobo kwisenzo. (Abalandeli benkqubo entle yaseCanada ISchitt's Creek unokufuna ukusebenzisa amandla e-Echo ukutshintsha igama layo lokuvuka, kuba ihlala iqala ukukking nanini na umntu ethetha nomlinganiswa onguAlexis ngegama.)
Ikhaya likaGoogle liqala ngezibonelelo ezimbalwa ezicacileyo. Elinye lixabiso: $ 129, kuthelekiswa ne- $ 180 ye-Echo epheleleyo. (IAmazon ikwabonelela ngexabiso eliphantsi, zincinci ii-Echoes .)
Enye ibukeka. Ngelixa i-Echo iyisilinda emnyama emhlophe okanye emhlophe, iKhaya likaGoogle lenzeke ngakumbi, elinomxholo ongaphezulu ophindwe kabini njengephedi yokuchukumisa kunye neziseko ezinokutshintshana ezivumela ukuba zidibane kunye nokuhonjiswa okwahlukileyo kungabonakali ngakumbi.
Zombini ezi zixhobo zidibanisa kwimithombo eyahlukeneyo yeaudio. Kukho iindaba ezivela kwi-NPR kunye nomculo ovela ePandora kunye neSpotify, nangona nganye inika ukhetho kwiinkonzo zomnini wayo, iAmazon Prime kunye neYouTube Music.
Ikhaya likaGoogle longeza imibimbi emibini eyongezelelweyo. Ukuba uneyunithi engaphezu kweyodwa, umzekelo, bayazi ngobukho bomnye nomnye, ekuvumela ukuba uziqokelele ndawonye ukuze udlale umculo kumagumbi amaninzi. Kwaye ukuba unayo enye yeGoogle Chromecast dongles eqhotyoshelwe kumabonwakude, ungasebenzisa imiyalelo yelizwi ukudlala iividiyo zeYouTube.
Njengeziko lokuzonwabisa, nangona kunjalo, ndinika umda kwi-Echo. Isandi sayo sikhangeleka ngathi si crisper kuneKhaya likaGoogle elingafakwanga, kwaye inokusetyenziselwa ukusasaza umculo ngqo kwifowuni yakho ngeBluetooth, amandla eKhaya kuGoogle asweleyo. Okwangoku, akukho nasinye isixhobo esinokungena endaweni yestereo enesidima, okanye enye yenqanaba lokungena likaSonos Dlala: 1 izithethi, ezibonelela ngokufikelela kwiinkonzo zokusasaza ngaphandle kokulawulwa kwelizwi.
IAmazon yandisa ukukhokelela kwayo xa uqala ukuya ezantsi kuluhlu lwezinto ezinokwenziwa yi-Echo. Ukususela kwiintsuku zokuqala, iAmazon yayivulela abaphuhlisi benkampani yesithathu. Baye benza amawaka ezinto ezibizwa yiAmazon Izakhono ukuba abasebenzisi banokongeza, ukusuka eku-odeni ukutya ukuya ekufumaneni iikowuti ezikhuthazayo ezivela ku-self-help guru uTony Robbins.
Ikhaya likaGoogle lifowunela ukusetyenziswa kwalo ngokulinganayo. Kwithiyori, banokubonisa ukuba banamandla ngakumbi kuneZakhono ze-Alexa: Abayi kufuna inyathelo elongezelelweyo lokufuna ukuba abasebenzisi benze ngokukodwa nganye abafuna ukuyisebenzisa, kwaye kufuneka basebenze kwizixhobo ezininzi, kubandakanya iifowuni ze-Android ezinjengePixel entsha kaGoogle. Kodwa zimbalwa iZenzo ezikhoyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku; UGoogle uvumele kuphela abaphuhlisi ukuba baqale ukuzakha kwinyanga ephelileyo.
Apho iKhaya likaGoogle likhanya ngokuqaqambileyo kukuphendula imibuzo, kuba inokubiza ulwazi olusondeleyo lukaGoogle lweWebhu ukubonelela ngeempendulo ezingcono. Buza i-Alexa umbuzo, kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba ungafumani isivakalisi sokuqala sokungena kwi-Wikipedia kuwe-okanye mhlawumbi nje ukunikezelwa ukuqhuba uphando. NgeKhaya likaGoogle, kunokwenzeka ukuba ufumane impendulo efanelekileyo.
Buza i-Alexa ukuba ingaba i-poodle iyinja yamanzi, umzekelo, kwaye impendulo ithi, Uxolo, andinakufumana impendulo yombuzo endiwuvileyo. Buza iKhaya likaGoogle, kwaye uya kufunda ukuba igama elithi poodle lithathwe kwigama lesiJamani elithetha ukutshiza emanzini.
Ikhaya likaGoogle likwabonisa imeko yesiqhelo yomxholo, ukuyenza ngcono ekuphatheni imibuzo elandelayo. Buza ukuba ngubani owayengumongameli wama-29, kwaye zombini izixhobo ziya kukuxelela ukuba yayinguWarren G. Harding. Kodwa ukuba ulandela ngokubuza, ibingubani owama-30? U-Alexa akalugcini ulwazi obuthetha ngalo ngoomongameli, ngelixa iKhaya likaGoogle liza kuphendula, uCalvin Coolidge.
Ngokunikwa amandla asele eKhaya likaGoogle kunye nezixhobo zikaGoogle, isenokungabi thuba lide ngaphambi kokuba ifike apho ikhoyo ngoku i-Echo. Umbuzo ke uya kuba ngowokuba iAmazon ikwazile ukuhambisa iinjongo.
U-Rich Jaroslovsky ngumbhali weetekhnoloji ye-Braganca kunye nosekela-mongameli we SmartNews Inc. Zimalane richj@observer.com okanye @NtsikeleloTyala Kwi-Twitter.
