HomePod Launching in Canada, France, and Germany on June 18

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced that its HomePod smart speaker will be available in Canada, Germany, and France beginning Monday, June 18.

HomePod will be available to order in white and space gray through Apple's online store, retail stores, and the Apple Store app on iPhone and iPad, or at select authorized resellers like Best Buy where available.

The speaker will be priced at $449 in Canada and EUR349 in Germany and France, according to Apple's online store in each country.

HomePod first launched with English support in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia on Friday, February 9, with orders beginning Friday, January 26. The smart speaker retails for $349 in the United States.

Ahead of June 18, Apple has released a HomePod software update that enables Siri to speak in French, German, and Canadian English. Apple says Canadian French will be added in a subsequent software update later this year.

Article Link: HomePod Launching in Canada, France, and Germany on June 18

 

[9052042]

FINALLY!!!

 

[SomeMacGuy]

And this whole time I thought I didn't own one by choice...

 

[lars666]

The first Apple product I am so uninterested in that I even forgot it wasn't released here in Germany yet ... However, good news for all potential buyers here who are in the market for it.

 

[Frederik on MacRumors]

Strange Date. Why not announce it at their conference in a week?

 

[Corrode]

Finally! Now to figure out how well it integrates with Sonos (post-Airplay 2 rollout).

 

[avanpelt]

Three more countries joining the overpriced, feature-lacking HomePod party.

 

[Agneev]

Aaaaaand it's final resting place will be its Apple Stores

 

[recoil80]

Strange Date. Why not announce it at their conference in a week?

They haven't announced it officially, not yet.
The french apple store still says "available in spring".

I think however it make sense to announce new HomePod availability today together with the press release of 11.4 since AirPlay 2 is finally supported and HomePod will take benefit from it. But HomePod release dates may as well be announced next Monday during the keynote

 

[macduke]

Cool. Maybe they’ll sell a few thousand in those countries too?

 

[stan1028]

I think Singapore might be launching it soon.
https://sgappletimes.tech/2018/05/06/apples-homepod-imminent-to-launch-in-singapore/

 

[ipedro]

Already got mine but I’m looking forward to my HomePod supporting News and Canadian music charts. Other than that, HomePod has worked perfectly in Canada.

 

[I am Andy]

Finally! Now to figure out how well it integrates with Sonos (post-Airplay 2 rollout).

'Integrate with Sonos'? I'll through out my Sonos as soon as I get my HomePod!

 

[Mike MA]

Strange Date. Why not announce it at their conference in a week?

Or today with the introduction of Airplay 2 and Stereo Pairing? I guess they’re still struggling with the non-English Siri content like song titles or interpret names.

 

[ipedro]

Strange Date. Why not announce it at their conference in a week?

A hint that there’ll be a lot to talk about at WWDC.

 

[SoApple]

HP owners, is it worth it?

 

[shanson27]

Soooo late

 

[kshitijshah]

Any clue when it will launch in India?

 

[GregJohn]

Not very excited but Apple it’s about damn time you brought it to Canada. Like.... we are right beside you and 7 month delay is pretty stupid

 

[wordup60]

I'm just here to say how happy I am about that Oxford comma in the article title.

 

[Edsel]

I'm very excited about AirPlay2. Its omnidirectional fidelity is amazing and now with multi-plexing features of AirP2, it'll be fun to tailor sound to your environment and tailor the sound to the genre playing. This is the start of an another amazing chapter in music reproduction. Thank you, AAPL!

 

[Fabtech]

Pricing is on the german site!

https://www.apple.com/de/newsroom/2...eo-pairs-and-multi-room-audio-with-airplay-2/

Preise und Verfügbarkeit

• HomePod ist in Weiß und Space Grau in den USA, Großbritannien und Australienerhältlich und wird ab Montag, 18. Juni in Deutschland für 349 Euro inkl. MwSt., Frankreich und Kanada verfügbar sein. HomePod wird in Apple Stores, über apple.com, die Apple Store-App und bei ausgewählten autorisierten Apple-Vertriebspartnern erhältlich sein.
• HomePod ist kompatibel mit iPhone 5s oder neuer, iPad Pro, iPad Air oder neuer, iPad mini 2 oder neuer und iPod touch (6. Generation) mit iOS 11.2.5 oder neuer. Stereo und Multiroom-Audio sind ab iOS 11.4 verfügbar.

 

[Baumi]

Cool. Maybe they’ll sell a few thousand in those countries too?

Is there any sales data that's broken down by countries? All I could find were global numbers – which include a lot of markets in which the HomePod isn't even available yet, so the Q1 numbers aren't necessarily a useful indicator for consumer demand.

 

[MrSpock75]

Finally, when can we pre-order???

 

[Baumi]

Pricing is on the german site!

https://www.apple.com/de/newsroom/2...eo-pairs-and-multi-room-audio-with-airplay-2/

Preise und Verfügbarkeit

• HomePod ist in Weiß und Space Grau in den USA, Großbritannien und Australienerhältlich und wird ab Montag, 18. Juni in Deutschland für 349 Euro inkl. MwSt., Frankreich und Kanada verfügbar sein. HomePod wird in Apple Stores, über apple.com, die Apple Store-App und bei ausgewählten autorisierten Apple-Vertriebspartnern erhältlich sein.
• HomePod ist kompatibel mit iPhone 5s oder neuer, iPad Pro, iPad Air oder neuer, iPad mini 2 oder neuer und iPod touch (6. Generation) mit iOS 11.2.5 oder neuer. Stereo und Multiroom-Audio sind ab iOS 11.4 verfügbar.

Wow, that's unusual: The Euro price is pretty much exactly the US price plus German VAT. Normally, Apple charges a little bit of a premium on top of that.