Alibaba and Apple Reach Partnership; Qwen to Be Integrated into Apple Intelligence

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Author of this article: Xu Mi

2026-10-31 06:52

Lead: Apple Intelligence opens for testing on November 4, using the Qwen model. On October 31, Alibaba and Apple reached a partnership to integrate Qwen into Apple Intelligence, allowing Chinese users to use Qwen in Siri, writing

On October 31, Alibaba and Apple reached a partnership to integrate Qwen into Apple Intelligence. Chinese users can directly use Qwen's text and image understanding, content generation, and other capabilities in Siri, writing tools, and visual intelligence. These features will open for testing with the latest iOS developer Beta starting November 4, and will be rolled out to Chinese users when iOS 27.3 is officially released in December.

Siri can directly draw on Qwen's broad knowledge and answer user questions directly within Siri. Through Siri, users can also ask Qwen questions directly using documents and photos of their choosing. Before any question, document, or image is sent to Qwen, the user's consent will first be obtained.

Qwen has also been integrated into Apple's system-level writing tools, providing users with the "Compose with Qwen" feature. "Compose with Qwen" can help users generate content based on any topic. Users can also use this feature to generate images.

On iPhone, users can gain a deeper understanding of their surroundings through the visual intelligence feature, including selecting "Ask Qwen" to identify what they see. Users can enable visual intelligence through Camera Control, the Action button, or Control Center.

Users can choose whether to enable the Qwen integration. Once enabled, users can sign in with Apple or use their own Qwen App account to use Qwen in Siri, writing tools, and visual intelligence. Users can decide for themselves when to use Qwen and what information to share. Neither user requests nor generated responses will be used by Alibaba for model training, in order to protect user privacy.

Currently, the Qwen integration will be available in iOS for users in China who purchased an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence, or for users whose device location and Apple Account country/region are both set to China.

Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu said: "We are delighted to reach a partnership with Apple. Building on Alibaba's deep AI technology foundation, Qwen will be deeply integrated into the various experiences of the Apple ecosystem, jointly bringing brand-new intelligent services to Apple users in China."

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