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Alibaba Brings Qwen to Apple Intelligence for Users in China
Alibaba and Apple have agreed to integrate the Qwen model into Apple Intelligence, giving users in China new ways to ask questions, create content, and understand their surroundings.
Alibaba and Apple have reached a deal to bring the Qwen model into Apple Intelligence for users in China. The integration will make Qwen's text and image understanding, along with content generation, available directly inside Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence.
Starting November 4, the features will be open for testing as part of the latest iOS developer beta. A full public release is planned for December with iOS 27.3, when the capabilities will be offered to users in China.
Through Siri, users will be able to tap into Qwen's broad knowledge and receive answers directly in the assistant. They can also use their own documents and photos to ask Qwen questions, but nothing is sent to the model before the user gives consent.
Qwen has also been added to Apple's system-level Writing Tools as "Compose with Qwen." This feature can generate content on any topic and can also create images. On iPhone, Visual Intelligence lets users learn more about their environment, including an "Ask Qwen" option to identify what is in front of them. Users can launch Visual Intelligence from the camera control, the action button, or Control Center.
Enabling the Qwen integration is optional. Once turned on, users can sign in with their Apple account or an existing Qwen app account to use the model across Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence.
Source: 雷峰网
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