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- Google has introduced Gemini Nano support on the latest Chrome Canary builds.
- The feature is locked behind two Chrome flags and requires a manual download of the language model.
- Gemini Nano runs entirely offline, with sub-one-second response times for simple queries on modern computers.
Google’s Gemini Nano language model is small enough to fit and run entirely on a Pixel 8, but we haven’t seen many use cases for it yet. The model is only used for features like Gboard’s Smart Reply or AI-generated summaries in the Recorder app.
Luckily, Google seems to have grander ambitions on the desktop side as it has now started testing a Gemini Nano integration within Chrome. This means you can converse with a modern large language model entirely within a web browser — even if you’re offline!