Apple says its first Apple Intelligence features will launch in China with iOS 27.3 in December, with a developer beta from 4 November. Alibaba’s Qwen model will work inside Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence. Siri AI and Apple’s newest features are not included.

Apple will launch its first Apple Intelligence features in China in December, the company said on Saturday . The announcement confirms a Bloomberg report from earlier this month.

Developers can test the features in the latest iOS beta from 4 November. They will reach all users with iOS 27.3 in December, about two years after Apple Intelligence first launched in the US.

The features run on Apple’s own models. They include Live Translation in Messages, FaceTime and Phone, Writing Tools, Visual Intelligence, the Clean Up photo tool and Genmoji. Mail and notifications also get summaries and priority sorting.

Apple has also teamed up with Alibaba.…