Depending on where you live, the HomePod Mini and iMac may have gotten more expensive. Apple’s Post indicated that the company’s little smart speaker went from £89 to £99 in the UK, and outlets like MacRumors Y 9to5Mac have reported a similar increase from €99 to €109 in other European countries such as Austria, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
In the UK, each pre-built iMac configuration also went up in price by £150. In France, iMac prices rose by €100 for the base model and €110 for the other models, though they stayed the same in Germany and Ireland.
It is difficult to find a pattern in the increases. In New Zealand, the price of the HomePod Mini went from NZ$159 to NZ$179, while it stayed the same in neighboring Australia. Meanwhile, people in the Netherlands have been paying the “increased” price of €109 since was available in the country in March 2022.
Apple did not immediately respond to the edgeThe request for comment on why the price increases were occurring in certain locations. In the US, the HomePod Mini is still $99, the same price it launched at.
While Apple technically added new software features to its smart speakers this week, giving them the ability to detect temperature and humidity, it would be hard to argue that it justifies raising the price, given that the hardware was already included. If you bought a HomePod Mini on launch day for €99, you’ll also get this feature via a software update.
