Apple Intelligence Finally Comes to China, Powered by Alibaba's Qwen

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Apple Intelligence Finally Reaches China

Apple and Alibaba confirmed Qwen will power Apple Intelligence on iPhones in China, ending a wait of more than two years. LexxWire

Testing Starts November 4

Developers in China get the first look in the latest iOS developer beta, with a public release planned for December with iOS 27.3. LexxWire

Qwen Powers Siri, Writing Tools and More

Qwen handles select Siri requests, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence, standing in where ChatGPT serves users elsewhere. LexxWire

iPhone Only, With a Catch

It runs on iPhone 15 Pro and later, iPhone Air and iPhone Duo, with device and Siri language set to English or Simplified Chinese. The new Siri AI and Image Playground are not included. LexxWire

Privacy Is Opt-In

Users choose whether to enable the integration and what to share, and Alibaba says requests and responses will not be used to train its models. LexxWire

Apple Intelligence Finally Comes to China, Powered by Alibaba's Qwen

Apple Intelligence Finally Reaches China

Testing Starts November 4

Qwen Powers Siri, Writing Tools and More

iPhone Only, With a Catch

Privacy Is Opt-In

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