The integration with Apple's built-in software could extend the reach of Qwen beyond its own apps and cloud services.

Alibaba has already announced plans to integrate Qwen into Apple Intelligence across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro software in China.

However, Apple's newly published guide only covers Macs for now.

This week, Alibaba launched Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model touted as its most capable yet.