It seems that Apple’s HomePod mini speaker is being ready for launch in seven new international locations, together with Denmark and Norway. One of many testers has confirmed that he has acquired a check copy of the speaker.
HomePod mini is being examined in Denmark
The tester, who needs to stay nameless, says that he has been instructed to put in a particular profile bundle on each the iPhone and on the HomePod mini itself, which has “opened up” the door for languages reminiscent of Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
The speaker was shipped straight from Apple in Barcelona and the check lasts eight weeks. As compensation, the tester will obtain an Apple TV 4K and roughly DKK 1,500 (about $230). Thus, we are able to conclude {that a} Danish launch of the speaker will happen quickly.
The HomePod mini was launched simply over a 12 months in the past as a minor different to the unique HomePod. Apple has since stopped manufacturing of the latter – allegedly as a result of it didn’t promote effectively sufficient.
Regardless that the HomePod mini has not been formally launched in Denmark, you’ll be able to nonetheless discover it on webshops which have imported the speaker from international locations the place it’s available on the market. Nonetheless, it won’t communicate and perceive the Danish language till it’s formally launched.
After we can anticipate the HomePod mini to reach within the nation isn’t identified, however the Swedish testers guess that it is going to be within the few upcoming months.
HomePod mini can be coming to Norway
We all know from expertise that Apple and plenty of different worldwide know-how corporations see the Nordic area as a single market; and the launches in different international locations are typically at about the identical time.
When Siri first got here to the Nordics, nonetheless, Sweden and Denmark had been a couple of months forward of Norway. They acquired native assist for Siri within the launch of iOS 8.3, within the spring of 2015; whereas Norway customers needed to look forward to iOS 9, which got here later within the autumn, to get Siri in Norwegian.
Thus, we might also be capable of anticipate the HomePod Mini to Norway in 2022, however maybe a little bit after the Swedes, who subsequently anticipate to get it “inside a couple of months”.
After all, Apple has stated nothing about any of this, neither the testing of Siri in Swedish nor potential launch dates for the sensible speaker in some Nordic international locations. Thus, we get to take all this with a stable pinch of salt. However the video instance with Siri in Swedish is a minimum of a transparent indication that the speaker is on its solution to the Nordics.
The total checklist of nations the place the HomePod mini is rumored to launch this 12 months to this point:
- Belgium
- The Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Russia
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Norway
