13:41Machine-translated from Azerbaijani by AIRead in Azerbaijani
Apple Plans to Launch Its AI System in China in December
Apple plans to launch its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence system in China in December with the iOS 27.3 update. The system will become available in the country after a delay of approximately 2 years. However, the updated Siri AI assistant will not be included in the initial version. Some restrictions are related not to technical issues, but to local laws.
The Chinese version will use Alibaba’s Qwen and Tongyi Wanxiang models. Qwen will handle most of the artificial intelligence features. Tongyi Wanxiang, which was developed to create images and videos, will be responsible for tasks such as photo editing. Apple received Chinese approvals on September 29, while preliminary approval for the platform was granted in July.
Apple has developed an additional protection and filtering system with Alibaba to comply with local regulations. Government agencies will be able to use this filter to approve subsequent updates to the artificial intelligence models. The company is also working with Baidu on search and Siri features. China has separate rules for AI-generated content, security reviews and algorithm registration.
The initial version will include Genmoji, which creates personalized emoji, a feature that uses artificial intelligence to briefly summarize notifications, and writing tools. The Clean Up feature in the Photos app will allow users to remove unwanted objects from photos. However, Image Playground and the company’s own image-generation tools will not be available. The text-generation feature will also have limited functionality in some apps.
The new network access permissions also apply to the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro models. The iPhone Duo will go on sale next week, but it will not immediately receive the updated Siri AI feature in China. Apple Intelligence will work on compatible iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro models. Most of the system’s features are already available in Hong Kong.
Siri AI has also not been made available on phones, tablets and watches in the European Union. When a supported language is selected, only Mac and Apple Vision Pro users can use the assistant. The full version of the system is not expected to launch in China or Europe anytime soon. Devices from Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo already offer similar artificial intelligence features in the Chinese market. In the US market, the Apple Intelligence system also uses Google Gemini and OpenAI services.