Apple Smart will be open for testing to Bank of China iOS users on November 4 and will be officially launched in December

Apple smart phones are about to be launched in China. Users can use smart emojis, input text to talk to Siri, priority mail and other functions on the iPhone. The pictures in this article are all from the Apple website

On October 31, Apple announced that Apple’s smart features will soon be launched in China. “Apple’s smart features will be open for testing with the latest iOS developer beta version starting from November 4, and will be launched to Chinese users when iOS 27.3 is officially released in December.”

According to Apple, Apple Intelligence is driven by a generative model built by Apple, helping users overcome language barriers through real-time translation; rewrite, proofread, and summarize through writing tools; quickly learn more about things around them through visual intelligence; remove interfering objects in photos through elimination tools; create new emoticons that fit the current mood through smart emojis, and more.

“Apple has reached a partnership with Alibaba to add support for Qianwen to some Apple smart experiences, allowing Chinese users to directly use Alibaba’s Qianwen in Siri, writing tools, and visual intelligence, including text and image understanding related functions,” Apple wrote in a press release.

It is understood that the first batch of open functions include: real-time translation, visual intelligence, photo elimination tools, writing tools, etc.

The Photos app’s cleanup tool removes distracting objects while preserving the mood of the shot.

It is worth noting that this update does not include Siri AI and other next-generation Apple smart features announced by Apple at WWDC 2026.Supported devices include: iPhone 16 and subsequent models, iPhone Duo, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone Air, and both Siri and device languages ​​need to be set to English and Chinese (Simplified).

On October 15, Apple Executive Chairman Cook revealed in an exclusive interview with The Paper in Shanghai that Apple Smart has been approved in China. There will be a beta version later in October. The first batch of features include real-time translation, writing tools, and image removal. Siri AI is not included.

On October 14, the latest public information on the network access license for telecommunications equipment from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that Apple’s first foldable screen mobile phone iPhone Duo (National Bank model A3721) had completed the network access license renewal on September 29, and a new registration number for the large model equipped with the equipment was added to the license document.