Apple Watch Launches in Belgium, Finland, Norway, Luxembourg and Poland on October 9

[mr.bee]

I wonder why they release so selectively...Last week the first Belgian Apple store opened. Wasn't it better to release the Apple watch at the same time here?
Probably those release cycles and openings of stores are not coming from the same department.

Regarding Siri and languages. She still has to learn a lot! I don't mind using English as main language, very few people do, but hearing non english places, names, bars & restaurants is ridiculous. There should be a new option in Siri: language english, street names and people use local settings..

 

[Mac 128]

I doubt it will, at least not from the start. One would've thought they would've added the additional Siri languages with iOS 9 and watchOS 2. My understanding is they did add Finnish as the UI language in watchOS 2, though.

I don't know how they couldn't support Siri in a major language spoken in the country the watch is sold. There's no other way to interact with the watch. It would instantly sour someone on the watch if they couldn't get it to do the basics easily.

 

[windywalks]

My impression is that these languages are indeed coming and it's just a matter of weeks.
The Watch is after all much less functional without voice commands, not to mention blurting out English phrases to a watch on the street in Poland, Finland etc. looks more than weird since it's already an uncommon sighting let alone not in the mother tongue.

 

[wbrat]

My impression is that these languages are indeed coming and it's just a matter of weeks.
The Watch is after all much less functional without voice commands, not to mention blurting out English phrases to a watch on the street in Poland, Finland etc. looks more than weird since it's already an uncommon sighting let alone not in the mother tongue.

I really wish it was a true... Btw, would it require iOS update?

 

[windywalks]

I really wish it was a true... Btw, would it require iOS update?

Sure it would, the final iOS 9.1 and a new version of WatchOS 2.something my even come with those. There have been mentions of Polish commands within the WatchOS betas, so here's to hoping that this translates to actual availability till october/november.