HomePod Now Supports French, German, and Canadian English, While Canadian French Coming Later This Year

LOL. HomePod doesn't even understand English.

UK, Canadian and Australian English are the one and the same, it's only the U.S that don't get this and invent their own lazy version. When I read the English languages supported I had a laugh.

Australian is the same as Canadian? You must not be a native speaker if you think so. Australian is close to some British dialects but by no stretch of imagination is it close to Canadian.

Canadian English is very close to American English. Canadian English has it's own pronunciation patterns in different parts of Canada, though. I can recognize people from Ontario pretty easily by the way they pronounce "about" (like "a boat"). But, I've met Americans from the areas adjacent to Ontario whose pronunciation is exactly the same as residents of Ontario.

Canadians from the West Coast (in Vancouver and Victoria, BC) speak exactly like Americans who live on the West Coast (in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, etc.). The only real difference between the Canadian and American English is the spelling, which in Canada mostly follows British standards.
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Canadian English is nothing like Australian which is a lot closer to English. Canadian English is American with a few spelling deviations, which, considering English roots, make no sense.

American English spelling- at a minimum was standardised around real-world pronunciation for the American continent.

American spelling was intentionally changed by Noah Webster following the American Revolution. Canadians mostly follow British spelling rules, except for in some words American spelling is acceptable as well.

Canadian English, eh?
It's a boat time.
Take off, hoser!

oh this is intere.... no never mind its not.

I think the home pod will look nice on my shelf next to my Apple newton.

Sorry Apple. You are too late to this party. Sonos all the way in my house and not making any changes since I am so vested in sonos.

I've always had more success when I use Siri in Australian, I'm British, but for some reason it seems to understand me more.

Note: I said more success, not complete success, Siri is still about as much use as a chocolate teapot.

There is very little difference. As you noted Canadians typically use British spelling as opposed to American spelling but the pronunciations of those words is usually identical to American.

I would imagine it just makes the HomePod more compatible with the slight pronunciation variations in words like "sorry" and "home" as well as variations in how Canadians say things like "grade 9" instead of "9th grade" etc.

Or maybe if Canadians say, "Hey Siri, set the second *storey* thermostat to X degrees" instead of *second floor*. Like you said, this may have more to do with word usage than pronunciation.

Also, a Canadian would certainly say something like, "Hey Siri, I locked my house, eh?" Siri would need to understand that this is actually a question.

The problem with Canadian French is not really different words or grammar but the pronunciation/accent (though there are also quite a number of words and expressions that are different). I've been in Quebec only for a few short stays, so most of my experience comes from movies, radio, Youtube videos, podcasts, etc.. But I can assure you, that there is a clear difference between 'standard Quebec French' and standard Metropolitan French. You won't mistake one for the other.

I'll tell a quick story: I have a québécoise friend from just outside Quebec City, born and raised. In high school, she took a trip to France and after getting off the plane and asking for some help from the airport staff, they switched to english and asked her what she wanted.

She kept speaking french, telling them she couldn't speak english. Once again, they asked her what she wanted in english.

It took several more increasingly frustrated attempts before they realized she was from Quebec and spoke to her in French.

The difference is real. Folks from some french-speaking African countries also have to deal with this to some extent.