HomePod Mini Launches in Finland, Norway, and Sweden on December 13 [Updated]

[MacRumors]

The HomePod mini will be available in Finland, Norway, and Sweden from Tuesday, December 13, Apple has announced via press releases.

Priced at 1,249 Norwegian krone/Swedish krona and 109 euros, the HomePod mini will be available in white, blue, orange, yellow and space gray.

The HomePod mini delivers 360-degree sound, uses Apple's voice assistant Siri, has built-in Thread support and support for the Matter smart home standard. Two of the speakers can also be connected to form a stereo pair. Apple rolled out support for Siri in Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian on the HomePod earlier this year.

HomePod mini is compatible with iPhone SE, iPhone 6s or later and iPod touch (seventh generation) with the latest version of iOS, iPad Pro, iPad (fifth generation or later), iPad Air 2 or later and iPad mini 4 or newer with the latest version of iPadOS.

Update: Apple says HomePod mini is also coming to South Africa, albeit on the slightly later date of December 19. (Thanks, Ludolph!)

Article Link: HomePod Mini Launches in Finland, Norway, and Sweden on December 13 [Updated]

 

[Peter321]

It seems Apple has forgotten that Denmark is also a country in Scandinavia - we still don't have any Apple Stores and now also this 😞 WTF?

 

[Reason077]

It seems Apple has forgotten that Denmark is also a country in Scandinavia - we still don't have any Apple Stores and now also this 😞 WTF?

Why? Denmark is just a quiet suburb of Sweden, albeit with better sandwiches and beer.

 

[wyrdness]

It's only taken them 2 years since the HomePod mini launched. Why so long?

 

[xDKP]

It seems Apple has forgotten that Denmark is also a country in Scandinavia - we still don't have any Apple Stores and now also this 😞 WTF?

This!! And I mean Siri is clearly able to speak Danish on my iPhone and Apple Watch - why not here

 

[StinkyGonzales]

It seems Apple has forgotten that Denmark is also a country in Scandinavia - we still don't have any Apple Stores and now also this 😞 WTF?

Even Danes have trouble understanding the language. Cant expect Siri to work well at all.

 

[Marco Klobas]

Hej Siri, spela Sankta Lucia.*

*For Scandinavians. Hope the Danes will get HomePod Minis soon.

 

[Lioness~]

Nice, a good reason to make a purchase later 😀
My old Creative speakers x 4 are still working fine though with my 2 x Apple Express.

 

[Banan911]

Apple come on! What ever happened for your love to Denmark?

 

[Jago]

The Homepod Mini has been available in Finland for a very long time, so what exactly does this ”launch” change?

 

[Gsoz]

Such BS, get it to Denmark already.

Every other device is able to use Danish.

 

[ninecows]

Apple come on! What ever happened for your love to Denmark?

Magrethe Vestager is what happened to this 😂🫣

 

[diego.caraballo]

iOS 16.2 arriving next Tuesday then.

 

[frou]

In other latecomer news, the Apple Card launched over 3 years ago and still isn't available anywhere outside the US.

 

[czoli]

Looks like a move to dump the remaining inventories somewhere with a new version coming soon.

 

[breather]

Bork Bork

 

[Nickjames]

Swedish citizen here. I’ve been waiting on these news forever! Question is if it’s too late to buy them?

 

[LimpHamster]

Finally. I don't get why its taken so long..

 

[iAFC]

The Homepod Mini has been available in Finland for a very long time, so what exactly does this ”launch” change?

Except it hasn’t.

 

[Mortis360]

HomePod mini have been available from retailers like ProShop, but no official availability. I got my first HomePod mini in January 2021 from ProShop, using it daily on my nightstand, might pick up another one now that it's officially available.

 

[thztn]

The HomePod mini will be available in Finland, Norway, and Sweden from Tuesday, December 13, Apple has announced via press releases.

Priced at 1,249 Norwegian Krone/Swedish Krone and 109 euros, the HomePod mini will be available in white, blue, orange, yellow and space gray.

The HomePod mini delivers 360-degree sound, uses Apple's voice assistant Siri, has built-in Thread support and support for the Matter smart home standard. Two of the speakers can also be connected to form a stereo pair. Apple rolled out support for Siri in Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian on the HomePod earlier this year.

HomePod mini is compatible with iPhone SE, iPhone 6s or later and iPod touch (seventh generation) with the latest version of iOS, iPad Pro, iPad (fifth generation or later), iPad Air 2 or later and iPad mini 4 or newer with the latest version of iPadOS.

Update: Apple says HomePod mini is also coming to South Africa, albeit on the slightly later date of December 19. (Thanks, Ludolph!)

Article Link: HomePod Mini Launches in Finland, Norway, and Sweden on December 13 [Updated]

It's also coming to Denmark but in spring 2023. https://www.apple.com/dk/shop/buy-homepod/homepod-mini

 

[Pimmp]

Way to go Apple. Now I´m just waiting for new Homepods.

 

[castor]

Using Siri on a Homepod in Norwegian is mostly a joke. There is no News app here, or any other way to get it to read headlines like our Google Assistants do. I can't trigger Spotify playlists on it - only stram from iPhone. And asking it "what are you playing" is pitiful, as it tries to read song and artist name - clearly English - in a deadpan Norwegian manner. Complete cringe.
The only real use we have of our homepod minis with siri is adding items to a shared shopping list. In English, which we've set them up as for now. Doesn't go very smooth with items that are Indian or Chinese.
Siri needs to be multi-lingual, and not one-language-at-a-time.

 

[annoyingbaguette]

It seems Apple has forgotten that Denmark is also a country in Scandinavia - we still don't have any Apple Stores and now also this 😞 WTF?

It's coming spring 2023.

 

[Ivander]

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