China expands Apple Intelligence registration to iPads and Macs

Apple Intelligence has received regulatory clearance in China covering iPads and Mac laptops, Reuters reported. Shanghai’s cyberspace regulator said it had added those device categories to the service’s registration under Chinese AI rules.

The expanded filing follows approval for iPhone use in mid-July. China requires state registration before companies make AI models or chatbot-style services publicly available. Apple has not provided a launch date for the tablet and laptop features in China.

A separate announcement Apple posted on its Chinese news site on 31 October addressed iPhones only. It said the first features would arrive through iOS 27.3. Developers received a test version on 4 November; the full release is due in December.

Alibaba said in July that Qwen, its AI model, would power Apple’s service in China. Qwen will support Writing Tools, Siri and visual intelligence, which allows questions about objects viewed through the camera. The launch excludes Siri AI and other features presented at Apple’s June developer event.

Bloomberg reported that Baidu is another technology partner. In August, Reuters reported that Alibaba had helped Apple build a China-specific AI model, a departure from Apple’s earlier plan to depend entirely on external models there.