Apple brings Apple Intelligence to China with Alibaba's Qwen support
READ THE ORIGINAL SOURCEOpen original sourcewww.apple.com.cn · Opens in a new tabApple announced that its first Apple Intelligence features are coming to users in China, including live translation, writing tools, Visual Intelligence, the Clean Up photo tool, and Image Playground. Testing opens November 4 with the latest iOS developer beta, with broader release planned in December with iOS 27.3. Apple partnered with Alibaba to add Qwen support to Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence, covering text and image understanding. The update excludes the Siri AI and other next-generation features announced at WWDC 2026.
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Apple announced that its first Apple Intelligence features are coming to users in China, including live translation, writing tools, Visual Intelligence, the Clean Up photo tool, and Image Playground. Testing opens November 4 with the latest iOS developer beta, with broader release planned in December with iOS 27.3. Apple partnered with Alibaba to add Qwen support to Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence, covering text and image understanding. The update excludes the Siri AI and other next-generation features announced at WWDC 2026.
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- Apple Intelligence features launch for Chinese users in beta from November 4, with public release planned in iOS 27.3 in December.
- Apple partnered with Alibaba so Qwen can power Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence for text and image understanding.
- Supported devices include iPhone 16 and later, iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, and iPhone Air, with Siri and device language set to English and Chinese (Simplified).
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Apple's China newsroom says the first features of its AI system open for testing from Nov 4 and ship to Chinese users with iOS 27.3, and that a partnership with Alibaba lets Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence use Qwen. Missed while the Oct 31 runs were down.
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