Overview
- Alibaba’s Android app has been updated to version 5.0.0 and renamed from Tongyi to Qianwen.
- The store listing describes Qianwen as the official AI assistant built on Alibaba’s strongest closed-source Qwen model.
- Core features highlighted include advanced dialogue Q&A, multi-genre writing tools, and a camera with visual reasoning.
- The iOS version has not yet adopted the new name, with a rename expected in a subsequent update.
- Earlier reports said the Qianwen effort targets ChatGPT, as Alibaba backs its AI strategy with a three‑year, ¥380 billion infrastructure plan and a projected tenfold rise in data-center energy use by 2032.