Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezine kuvele la mahlebezi ukuthi iGoogle ibisezingxoxweni zokuthola iFitbit Inc., isivumelwano sesisemthethweni manje, kungenzeka ukusetha i-royale yempi yesikhathi esizayo samadivayisi axhunywe nge-smartphone.
Isikhondlakhondla sosesho sisho namhlanje ukuthi bavumile ukukhokha u- $ 7.35 ngesabelo ngasinye seFitbit ngokuthengiselana kwemali okungabiza u- $ 2.1 billion. LUkunikezwa kumele ukukhokhelwa okungu-70% entengo yokuvala yabenzi be-smartwatch ngoLwesihlanu, usuku lokugcina lokuhweba ngaphambi kokuba izingxoxo zokuthenga zenziwe zaziwe.
Noma kunjalo, isamba esingu- $ 7.35 ngesabelo ngasinye esikhokhwa yiGoogle simele ingxenye encane kusukela ekuphakameni okuphezulu okungama- $ 51.90 inkampani efinyelele ku-2015. Intengo yamasheya kaFitbit nesabelo semakethe kuthintekile eminyakeni yamuva ngenxa yokuncintisana okukhulu okuvela ku-Apple, okuhola imakethe ye-smartwatch ngobubanzi obubanzi ne-Apple Watch yakho.
Ukutholwa kweGoogle kungasho ukuncintisana okwengeziwe komenzi we-iPhone. I-Investment bank uCowen & Co ubhale encwadini yocwaningo kumakhasimende ukuthi
"Ingxenyekazi yeFitbit inganwetshwa ngobuchwepheshe beGoogle ngaphansi kobunikazi obusha nokuthi ubuchwepheshe beFitbit bungahlanganiswa kumadivayisi akhona we-Wear OS." I-Wear OS inguqulo efushanisiwe ye-Android enikezwa yi-giant search yezingubo zokugqoka.
Obunye ubuchwepheshe obungenza bufinyelele kumadivayisi weFitbit Umsizi weGoogle. Njengoba kunikezwe ukuthi imodeli yomenzi we-smartwatch iVersa 2 inikeza ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Alexa, akunzima ukucabanga ukuthi insizakalo ye-Alphabet Inc. nayo ifuna ukwenza insizakalo yayo itholakale kubasebenzisi. Ukwenza kanjalo kuzothuthukisa ukufinyelela koMsizi weGoogle ezigidini zamadivayisi amasha.
Ukuqwashisa ngomkhiqizo oqinile kukaFitbit nakho kunenani UCowen uqaphele ukuthi lesi sivumelwano sizohlomulisa iGoogle al
"Ukuhlinzeka inkampani ngohlobo lwehardware olunokuma okubonakalayo endaweni yokuzivocavoca umzimba, into obekusobala ukuthi ibintula emphakathini we-Wear OS."
Ukutholwa kwe-Google kwe-Nest ngo-2014 kungahlinzeka ngemikhondo eyengeziwe mayelana nezinhlelo zesikhulu sosesho. Ngemuva kokuthola iNest, ikhulise kakhulu umkhiqizo wayo wasekhaya ngokungeza amakhamera okuphepha axhunywe kwi-Intanethi, i-alamu, insimbi yomnyango ehlakaniphile, nokuningi.
I-Google nayo ingasebenzisa uhlobo olufanayo lomkhiqizo kaFitbit futhi sandise iphothifoliyo yomkhiqizo wayo ngaphezu kwamawashi ahlakaniphile iye kwezinye izigaba zamadivayisi agqokekayo.
-Google ingahlanganisa nemindeni yomkhiqizo emibili komunye nomunye. I-Apple Watch ivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi balawule ukukhiya okuhlakaniphile okuvela eceleni ngohlelo lokusebenza, isici iGoogle manje esingasilingisa ngamawashi weFitbit kanye nensimbi yomnyango yeNest.
URick Osterloh, inhloko yebhizinisi lehadiwe leGoogle, uthembise kokuthunyelwe kubhulogi ukuthi idatha yabathengi eqoqwe ngamadivayisi weFitbit ngeke isetshenziselwe ukukhangisa.
Futhi umsunguli kanye nomongameli weFitbit uJames Park bafuna ukubeka lezo zinkathazo ekuphumuleni nge-imeyili kumakhasimende. "Uzohlala uphethe imininingwane yakho futhi sizobeka obala ukuthi iyiphi idatha esiyiqoqayo nokuthi kungani," kubhala yena.
"Asilokothi sithengise imininingwane yakho, futhi idatha yeFitbit yezempilo nokuphila kahle ngeke isetshenziselwe izikhangiso ze-Google."
I-Google ilindele ukuvala ukutholwa ngo-2020.
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