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Alibaba Enhances Qwen AI with Amap Integration for Users
12/18/2025
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- Alibaba Group is integrating its Amap mapping platform into the Qwen AI app to support restaurant recommendations and navigation within a single interface.
- This integration was announced on December 18 and follows Qwen's November launch, which saw a 149% rise in monthly active users to 18.34 million.
- Alibaba says the move aims to evolve Qwen into a daily "life and work partner" and to strengthen synergy across its services.
