Chinese regulators have cleared Apple Intelligence for local deployment, allowing the on-device AI service to reach iPhones in the country for the first time. The rollout will draw on models from Alibaba and Baidu and follows a 24.4 percent year-over-year rise in iPhone shipments during the second quarter.
its Qwen model will power Apple Intelligence functions across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS for Chinese users, including both text and image generation.
Volume jumped 24.4 percent from the same period a year earlier, positioning Apple as the fastest-expanding brand inside an otherwise contracting national market.
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