Apple to Launch First Apple Intelligence Features in China in December, Without New Siri

The staged rollout signals Apple is prioritizing regulatory clearance over feature parity in its largest overseas market, shipping lower-risk generative tools first while withholding the more capable Gemini-based assistant. That split matters for users who expected a full Apple Intelligence experience and for rivals already offering fuller AI suites in China. The open question is whether the excluded Siri and Image Playground arrive in a later update or remain indefinitely gated.