Google quietly launches AI Edge Gallery, letting Android phones run AI without the cloud
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Summary
Google has released an experimental Android app called AI Edge Gallery, which enables users to run AI models without an internet connection.
The move reflects Google’s strategy of making mobile AI more accessible and privacy-focused, whilst harnessing edge computing.
By enabling users to download and execute AI models from the Hugging Face platform entirely on their devices, it looks to provide a more privacy-conscious option to cloud-based AI services.
Using Google’s LiteRT platform and MediaPipe frameworks, the app enables tasks such as image analysis, text generation and coding assistance, all on-device.
It includes three core features: AI Chat, Ask Image, and Prompt Lab, with real-time benchmarks showing metrics such as time-to-first-token and decode speed.
The on-device processing approach could revolutionise data privacy and enterprise security, and position Google as a leading player to embrace this shift.