Emva kweentsuku ezine kuvele amarhe ukuba uGoogle ebencokola ukufumana iFitbit Inc., isivumelwano sisemthethweni ngoku, ngokunokwenzeka ukuseta idabi lokulwa kwexesha elizayo lezixhobo ezixhume kwi-smartphone.
Isigebenga sokukhangela sithe namhlanje uvumile ukuhlawula i-7.35 yeedola ngesabelo seFitbit kwintengiselwano yemali exabisa i-2.1 yezigidigidi zeedola. U-LIsithembiso simele ipremiyamu ye-70% kwixabiso lokuvala labenzi be-smartwatch ngolwesiHlanu, usuku lokugqibela lokuthengisa ngaphambi kokuba iingxoxo zokuthenga zenziwe eluntwini.
Nangona kunjalo, i-7.35 yeedola ngesabelo ngasinye esihlawulwa nguGoogle simele iqhezu elincinci ukusuka kumaxesha onke aphezulu angama- $ 51.90 inkampani yafikelela kunyaka ka-2015. Ixabiso lesabelo sikaFitbit kunye nesabelo sentengiso sichaphazele iminyaka yakutshanje ngenxa yokhuphiswano olunzima oluvela kuApple, olukhokelela kwimarike ye-smartwatch ngomda obanzi nge-Apple Watch yakho.
Ukufunyanwa kukaGoogle kunokuthetha ukhuphiswano ngakumbi kumenzi we-iPhone. Ibhanki yotyalo-mali uCowen & Co ubhale kwinqaku lophando kubathengi ukuba
"Iqonga leFitbit linokwandiswa ngetekhnoloji kaGoogle phantsi kobunini obutsha kwaye ubuchwepheshe beFitbit bunokudityaniswa kwizixhobo ezikhoyo ze-Wear OS." I-Wear OS yinguqulelo emfutshane ye-Android ebonelelwa ngugqirha ophandayo wezinxibo.
Enye itekhnoloji enokwenza indlela yayo kwizixhobo zeFitbit nguMncedisi kaGoogle. Ngenxa yokuba umenzi we-smartwatch iVersa 2 imodeli ibonelela ngokudityaniswa kwe-Alexa, akukho nzima ukucinga ukuba inkxaso yeAlfabhethi Inc. nayo ifuna ukwenza inkonzo yayo ifumaneke kubasebenzisi. Ukwenza njalo kungandisa ukufikelela kuMncedisi kaGoogle kwizigidi zezixhobo ezitsha.
Ulwazi olomeleleyo lwentengiso yeFitbit nalo linexabiso UCowen uqaphele ukuba isivumelwano siza kunceda uGoogle al
"Ukubonelela inkampani ngohlobo lwehardware enokuma okubonakalayo kwindawo yokulandela umkhondo wokomelela komzimba, into ekuphikiswana ukuba ibisilela kuluntu lwe-Wear OS."
Ukufunyanwa kweGoogle kweNest ngo-2014 kunokubonelela ngemikhondo eyongezelelweyo malunga nezicwangciso zokukhangela. Emva kokufumana iNest, yandisa ngokubonakalayo imveliso yayo yasekhaya ngokongeza iikhamera zonxibelelwano ezi-Intanethi, ialam, alarm yentsimbi, kunye nokunye.
UGoogle naye ngokufanayo angenza uphawu lweFitbit kwaye yandisa imveliso yayo ngaphandle kweewotshi ezifanelekileyo kwezinye iindidi zezixhobo ezinxitywayo.
Uphando Ingadibanisa zombini ezi mveliso zosapho kunye nenye. I-Apple Watch ivumela abasebenzisi ukuba balawule ii-smart lock zeqela lesithathu kunye neapp, into uGoogle ngoku anokuyiphindaphinda ngeewotshi zeFitbit kunye neNest doorbell.
URick Osterloh, intloko yeshishini lezinto zikaGoogle, wathembisa ngeposi ukuba idatha yabathengi eqokelelwe zizixhobo zeFitbit ayisayi kusetyenziselwa ukuhambisa intengiso.
Kwaye umseki kunye nomongameli weFitbit uJames Park bafuna ukubeka ezo nkxalabo ekuphumleni kwi-imeyile kubathengi. Uza kuhlala ulawula idatha yakho kwaye sizakubeka elubala malunga nokuba yeyiphi idatha esiyiqokelelayo nokuba kutheni, ubhale watsho.
"Asisoze sathengisa ulwazi lwakho lomntu siqu, kwaye idatha yezempilo kunye nokuphila kakuhle akusayi kusetyenziswa kwiintengiso zikaGoogle."
UGoogle ulindele ukuvala ukufunyanwa ngo-2020.
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