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Apple Intelligence Arrives in China With iOS 27.3 Beta Next Week

First wave of features lands on iPhone 15 Pro and newer — but the new Siri and Image Playground stay out

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The Gadgets Desk · (2 hours ago)

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iPhone 15 Pro showing Apple Intelligence features in Chinese
iPhone 15 Pro showing Apple Intelligence features in ChinesePhoto via The Verge

Apple confirmed Friday that the first iOS 27.3 developer beta drops next week — November 4 in China, which means November 3 for US developers, and it carries the first Apple Intelligence features into the Chinese market. The public release follows in December, though Apple didn't name a day. The rollout lands on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max and every iPhone 16 model.

Older devices stay locked out. What's actually shipping: Writing Tools for rewriting and proofreading, Genmoji creation, Clean Up for removing objects from photos, Notification Summaries, Priority Notifications, Visual Intelligence for camera-based search, and Live Translation through AirPods. Missing entirely: the overhauled Siri announced at WWDC 2026, and Image Playground. Apple's Chinese newsroom post was explicit on both omissions.

Language settings matter. Both the iPhone system language and Siri's language must be set to English or Chinese (Simplified) for the features to appear. Alibaba partnership confirmed. Apple has integrated Qwen, Alibaba's large language model, into Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence, a structure that mirrors the OpenAI ChatGPT integration that launched globally in 2024.

Apple trained a separate LLM specifically for China, Reuters reported in August, after regulators approved Apple Intelligence in July. Mac, iPad and Vision Pro users in China wait. Apple said those platforms won't receive the features until it secures additional approvals. The beta arrives as iOS 27.2 continues its public rollout with Siri memory, anniversary reminders and FaceTime upgrades.

Developers can expect the 27.3 seed through the usual channels Tuesday morning Pacific time.

TopicsAlibabaApple Intelligenceappleiphone-15-proios-27China

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