Apple branche Apple Intelligence sur Qwen en Chine via iOS 27.3
TL;DR
- China's internet regulator approved the Qwen arrangement in July; Apple's own models remain uncleared, forcing model substitution rather than a simple API wrapper.
- The rebuilt Siri AI from WWDC 2026 is excluded from the China rollout, creating a two-tier product split across Apple's global iPhone base.
- Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu framed the deal as Qwen integrating into Apple's ecosystem, positioning it as a domestic AI platform win.
Apple a confirmé samedi que la première vague d'Apple Intelligence arrivera en Chine en décembre, via iOS 27.3, avec une bêta développeurs ouverte dès le 4 novembre. Soit environ deux ans après le lancement d'Apple Intelligence aux États-Unis.
Les fonctions tournent sur les modèles maison d'Apple: Live Translation dans Messages, FaceTime et Phone, Writing Tools, Visual Intelligence, Clean Up et Genmoji, auxquels s'ajoutent les résumés et le tri par priorité pour Mail et les notifications. Pour les requêtes conversationnelles, Apple s'appuie sur un partenaire local. "Users can tap its Qwen model inside Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence, for example to ask about a photo or a PDF," écrit The Next Web.
L'absence pèse autant que la présence. "The launch leaves out Siri AI, the rebuilt assistant Apple showed at WWDC 2026," précise le même article. Cette semaine, Apple a étendu Siri AI à cinq langues supplémentaires, mais toujours en dehors de la Chine continentale.
Côté matériel, le ticket d'entrée reste strict: iPhone 15 Pro et modèles ultérieurs, dont l'iPhone Air et l'iPhone Duo, avec Siri et l'OS configurés en anglais ou en chinois simplifié. Apple précise que "the initial rollout will be exclusive to the iPhone, with support for other platforms coming only after the necessary regulatory approvals have been obtained."
Ce qu'en disent les autres médias
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Global Times Lire →
Chinese state media frames the deal as Apple seeking domestic cooperation, quotes Alibaba CEO directly, and cites MIIT regulatory approval as validation of China's AI capabilities.
Qwen will draw on Alibaba's deep AI capabilities to integrate deeply into the various experiences of Apple's ecosystem.
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MacRumors Lire →
Details the language constraint (device and Siri must be set to English or Simplified Chinese) and confirms Siri AI and Image Playground are excluded from the China build.
iOS 27.3 will enable some of the earlier Apple Intelligence features on the iPhone 15 Pro and newer in China.
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The Next Web Lire →
Places China two years behind the US debut on timeline and stresses the regulatory approval route as a prerequisite Apple could not bypass with its own models.
Users can tap its Qwen model inside Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence, for example to ask about a photo or a PDF.
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DigitBin Lire →
Most explicit on the feature gap: iPad and Mac support pending indefinite regulatory approval, and the new Siri AI absent, making this a limited launch rather than parity.
Qwen from Alibaba powers some Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence requests.
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TechJuice Lire →
Reports that Apple trained a China-only model with Alibaba's input, suggesting deeper model-level co-development beyond a surface-level API integration.
Chinese users can tap Alibaba's model directly inside Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence.
Article original publié par 9to5mac.com
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