Chinese state media: during an interview, Tim Cook says China has approved Apple Intelligence, and a test version will arrive in late October without Siri AI
THE SO WHAT
Apple getting Apple Intelligence approved in China — but shipping a test version without Siri AI — shows how core assistants will be modularized to satisfy local rules. If you build on platform assistants, plan for fragmented capability surfaces by region and avoid assuming a single global behavior profile.
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