❯ Apple Intelligence reaches China’s iOS 27.3 developer beta with Qwen integration

Developer testing starts todayApple released the iOS 27.3 developer beta on November 4. ITHome’s testing found the Apple Intelligence and Siri settings available on mainland-China devices. Apple’s announcement schedules testing from today and a public release in December. This update excludes the next-generation Siri AI announced at WWDC 2026.

Qwen inside familiar workflowsUsers can invoke Alibaba’s Qwen for text and image understanding in selected Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence experiences. Access is available through a Qwen account or Sign in with Apple. Initial features also include rewriting and summaries, photo cleanup, natural-language photo search, and translation in Messages, Phone and FaceTime.

Hardware and language requirements applySupported phones include the iPhone 15 Pro family and compatible iPhone 16 and later models, with device and Siri languages meeting Apple’s requirements. Face-to-face translation needs compatible AirPods, current firmware and an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone. Supported earbuds include AirPods 4 with active noise cancellation and AirPods Pro 2 or later. System integration brings assistance into existing apps and reduces switching between standalone AI services.

▮ SIGNALQwen gains an operating-system entry point as Apple connects local model services to frequent writing, image-understanding and translation tasks.