After “hardware limitations” were cited as the explanation for why the Pixel 8 wouldn’t get Gemini Nano earlier this month, Google announced that the LLM on the device is coming of course.
The Pixel 8 will get Gemini Nano, in the developer preview, to force summary into the recorder and Gboard’s smart response. The latter allows for “higher-quality smart responses” that have “conversational awareness” and are generated faster. On the Pixel 8 Pro, it works with WhatsApp, Line, and KakaoTalk. Meanwhile, Summarize can take a record and generate bullet points.
RAM (8GB vs 12GB) is the main hardware difference between the two Tensor G3 phones. Google says that “running giant language versions on phones with other memory specifications can deliver other user experiences. So we tested and validated it on the Pixel 8. “
It looks like Google has figured out a way to run LLM with less RAM without affecting the rest of the user experience, and the smaller Galaxy S24 does the same. As a reminder, Google only announced that Gemini Nano would be coming to the Pixel 8. Pro in December. Meanwhile, the comment earlier this month came from a third-party engineer on the Pixel team.
Gemini Nano is coming to the Pixel 8 with the Pixel’s next feature drop, which is expected to be Android 14 QPR3 in June (if the above deadlines hold). In addition to end users getting those two features from the Google app, developers with the Pixel 8 will be using AICore for their own apps.
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