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2026
Alibaba and Apple announce Qianwen integration partnership
Alibaba and Apple announced a partnership to integrate Qianwen into Apple Intelligence, allowing users in China to access Qianwen capabilities through Siri, writing tools, and Visual Intelligence. The article says the features are planned to begin beta testing on November 4 and roll out to users in December.
2026
Qwen N1 and N1 Pro AI glasses launch
The Alibaba Qwen team announced the N1 and N1 Pro AI glasses in Hangzhou. The article gives first-sale prices starting at 2,218 yuan and 2,600 yuan, respectively.
2026
Qianwen set to release Personal Agent "Qianwen Go"
Qianwen's Personal Agent "Qianwen Go" is about to be released. The agent can autonomously operate authorized platforms, compare options and contact service providers to complete tasks for users. Test users have already used it to obtain 70 yuan in cash compensation for a flight delay and to secure a 52 yuan Taobao price-protection refund. The report states that since launching last year, Qianwen has built capabilities in shopping, ride-hailing, delivery and wealth management on the Alibaba ecosystem and open platform.
2026
Qwen launches N1 Pro and N1 AI glasses, priced from 2,218 yuan
At its Qwen AI hardware 2026 launch event on October 13, Qwen unveiled two AI glasses, the N1 Pro and N1. Both feature a triple-chip compute platform, a 50MP imaging system supporting 4K video, all-day proactive sensing and a swappable dual-battery design. The flagship N1 Pro adds high-precision eye interaction, financial-grade iris-verification payment and health monitoring, with first-sale standard sets from 2,600 yuan and super-endurance sets from 2,827 yuan; the standard N1 starts at 2,218 yuan for the standard set and 2,446 yuan for the super-endurance set, with nine first-sale benefits including lens discounts, trade-in subsidies, 6-month interest-free installments and 60-day price protection.
2026
Qianwen launches AI glasses N1, N1 Pro and AI ear-clip earphones
On October 13, 2026, Alibaba's Qianwen brand launched three new Personal Agent hardware products: AI glasses N1 and N1 Pro and an AI ear-clip earphone co-launched with Bose. The N1 Pro offers real-time vital-sign monitoring, eye-based interaction and iris verification co-developed with Ant Group GPASS; after national subsidies and limited-time discounts, prices start at 2,218 yuan for the glasses and 1,099 yuan for the earphones.
2026
Qianwen launches N1 and N1 Pro AI glasses
At a Qianwen AI hardware launch event held on October 13, 2026, Alibaba's Qianwen business unit unveiled the Qianwen AI glasses N1 and N1 Pro and other devices, adding health and exercise monitoring, eye-tracking interaction, and iris authentication and payment features. Qianwen business unit vice president Song Gang said the long-term positioning is to become each user's exclusive Personal AI assistant.
2026
Qwen announces accelerated development of Personal Agent at Yunqi Conference
On September 22 at the Yunqi Conference, Qwen announced it is accelerating the building of a Personal Agent and disclosed progress on connecting personal data such as health and exercise records with user authorization.
2026
Shokz launches OpenFit 2 AI open-ear earbuds with Qwen LLM integration
Shokz released OpenFit 2 AI, its first AI hardware product, an open-ear earbud that deeply integrates Alibaba's Qwen large model and is tuned for professional business scenarios such as finance and law. The earbuds support up to 8 hours of continuous recording, transcription in 49 languages, 12 industry-specific glossaries, 19 summary templates and translation in 30 languages, and have obtained China's Level 3 cybersecurity protection certification and SOC2-Type1 audit certification.
2026
Alibaba announces strategic restructuring into three business segments
Alibaba announced a comprehensive strategic restructuring of its core businesses, consolidating its previously dispersed e-commerce, cloud computing, chip and AI model operations into three segments: Alibaba E-commerce Group (merging Alibaba China E-commerce Group, Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group and Freshippo), AI Cloud Computing Services (integrating Cloud Intelligence Group and chip designer T-Head), and AI Lab & Applications (combining the AI model lab, Qwen 2C business and Qwen Office). Segment reporting will change to four divisions starting this quarter.
2026
Qianwen App launches paid membership tiers and video generation credit pricing
The Qianwen App introduced paid professional memberships for its office assistant, with three tiers priced at 19 yuan/month or 200 yuan/year for Advanced, 49 yuan/month or 568 yuan/year for Elite, and 128 yuan/month or 1,499 yuan/year for Flagship. It also introduced video generation credit pricing across five tiers, currently at promotional rates of 26 yuan for 10 credits up to 968 yuan for 500 credits, with credits valid for three months.
2026
Apple confirms Qwen integration in Apple Intelligence in China
Apple updated its Mac user guide to document Qwen’s integration with Apple Intelligence for users in mainland China, including use through Siri and Writing Tools.
2026
Alibaba restructures e-commerce and AI business units
Alibaba Group integrated its China e-commerce group, international digital commerce group and Freshippo into a new Alibaba E-commerce Group, merged Cloud Intelligence Group with T-Head into 'AI Cloud and Computing Services', and combined its AI model lab, Qwen 2C unit and Qwen Office into 'AI Lab and Applications' during the quarter ended June 30, 2026.