Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in mainland China in December with iOS 27.3, Bloomberg reports. The first release would include the features that reached the U.S. two years ago, but not the new Siri AI.
The new Siri AI assistant and other features Apple announced this year would not be part of the December release, the people said.
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