Apple Brings First AI Features to China in December, Integrating Alibaba Qwen
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Updated · TNW · Oct 30
Apple Brings First AI Features to China in December, Integrating Alibaba Qwen
3 articles · Updated · TNW · Oct 30
Summary
December will bring Apple’s first Apple Intelligence rollout in China with iOS 27.3, while developers get a beta on Nov. 4.
Alibaba’s Qwen will plug into Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence, after China’s internet regulator cleared the setup in July.
The launch includes Live Translation, Genmoji, Clean Up, and Mail and notification summaries, but excludes Siri AI and Apple’s newest WWDC 2026 features.
About two years after the U.S. debut, the China release will work on iPhone 15 Pro and newer models when Siri and the phone are set to English or simplified Chinese.