In the catalog since Aug 19, 2026
Quark
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Alibaba's flagship AI assistant based on Qwen models: chat, search with source analysis, writing, and document work in one app. It grew from a browser into the company's main consumer entry point.
Facts
- On Mar 13, 2025, Alibaba introduced an updated Quark as a "flagship AI super assistant application" based on its Qwen family reasoning model; the announcement claimed more than 200 million users in China and first place by AI search audience in the market (alibabagroup.com, Mar 13, 2025).
- Quark is described as Alibaba's first consumer platform built entirely on the company's own foundation models (alibabagroup.com, Mar 13, 2025).
- In the China App Store, the publisher is Guangzhou Dongyue Information Technology Co., Ltd.; first released Nov 1, 2016, the app is free, rated 4.28 from 642,538 reviews, and version 10.15.5.3154 was updated Aug 17, 2026 (App Store CN, Aug 19, 2026).
- Composition according to the description: the Qianwen assistant on current Qwen models, AI search with automatic summaries, deep search with multistep reasoning, genre-specific writing, analysis of uploaded documents, and work with images and voice (App Store CN, Aug 19, 2026).
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