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Depending on where you live, the HomePod Mini and the iMac may have just gotten more expensive. The Apple Post<\/em> noted<\/a> that the company\u2019s small smart speaker went from \u00a389 to \u00a399 in the UK, and outlets like MacRumors<\/em><\/a> and 9to5Mac<\/em><\/a> have reported a similar \u20ac99 to \u20ac109 jump in other European countries like Austria, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the UK, each pre-made iMac configuration also went up in price by \u00a3150. In France, iMac prices went up by \u20ac100 for the base model and \u20ac110 for the other models, though they stayed the same in Germany and Ireland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It\u2019s hard to find a pattern in the increases. In New Zealand, the HomePod Mini\u2019s price went from NZ$159.00 to NZ$179.00, while it stayed the same in neighboring Australia. Meanwhile, people in the Netherlands have been paying the \u201cincreased\u201d \u20ac109 price since it became available in the country<\/a> in March, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Apple didn\u2019t immediately reply to The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment on why the price hikes were happening in certain locations. In the US, the HomePod Mini is still $99, the same price it launched at<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While Apple did technically add new software features to its smart speakers this week, giving them the ability to sense temperature and humidity<\/a>, it\u2019d be hard to argue that justifies raising the price, given that the hardware was already included. If you bought a HomePod Mini the day it launched for \u20ac99, you\u2019re getting this feature too via a software update.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n