Kubukeka sengathi umndeni we-Amazon Echo wemikhiqizo owethulwe yinkampani enegama elifanayo, uzoqhubeka nokukhula ezinyangeni ezizayo ngemodeli entsha ye isipikha esihlakaniphile esinokubonisa okuhlanganisiwe.
Ngemuva kosuku nje inkampani enkulu yokuthengisa nge-inthanethi yethule i- Echo Bhekani, isikhulumi esihlakaniphile esinekhamera eyakhelwe ngaphakathi, futhi ngokwemininingwane i-CNET ebizokwazi ukufinyelela kuyo kuphela, "umuntu ojwayelene nezinhlelo" zenkampani ngabe ukuvezile lokho I-Amazon ihlela ukwethula idivayisi ye-Echo enesikrini esakhelwe ngaphakathi ngokushesha nje ngenyanga ezayo.
Umthombo ongaziwa onikeze lolu lwazi ku-CNET uqinisekisa lokho I-Amazon isebenze ekuthuthukiseni ngokuphawulekayo amadivayisi ayo e-Echo isikhathi esithile Kodwa-ke, iqiniso lokuthi iGoogle ithe izipikha zayo ezihlakaniphile manje sezizokwazi khomba abasebenzisi abaningi, "kwakuyikholi yokuvuka," njengoba kuyisici amadivayisi we-Amazon Echo angenaso. Ngakho-ke manje ithimba lokuthuthukisa lawa madivayisi lisebenza ukusheshisa ukwethulwa kwezici ezinjengalezi ukuze hlala phambili ku-google.
Izwi elingaziwa lika I-CNET Uxwayise ngokuthi ngenkathi kunezinhlelo zokuthi le divayisi entsha ikhishwe ekuqaleni kwenyanga ezayo, Izikhathi zokugcina zingashintsha. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Amazon yenqabile ukuphawula ngalolu daba, ngemuva kokuthi i-CNET ixhumane nomunye wabakhulumeli bayo.
Kunoma ikuphi, lokhu kushesha ukuthola inguqulo entsha yesipikha sakho se-Echo kugqamisa impi enolaka yokubusa amakhaya ahlakaniphile namadivayisi axhunyiwe. Ngenkathi i-Amazon ijabulele inzuzo enkulu ngokubeka i-Echo emakhaya nokwenza ngcono umsizi wezwi layo we-Alexa, iGoogle inamandla ngeKhaya layo leGoogle kanye noMsizi wayo weGoogle.
I-Amazon ithengise cishe ama-8 million amadivayisi we-Echo e-United States selokhu yethulwa, ngokusho kwezibalo ezinikezwe yi-Consumer Intelligence Research Partners ngoJanuwari.