Apple to launch first Apple Intelligence features in China in December

The sequencing is the story: Apple is bringing a two-year-old feature set to its largest overseas market while newer capabilities and Siri AI stay out, which suggests regulatory clearance, not product readiness, is setting the pace. That distinction matters for how Apple's AI ambitions are read in China versus the US, and for how long a feature gap can persist in a market where domestic rivals ship aggressively. Whether the delayed features and Siri AI follow on a similar timetable is the open question.