These are all of the Android phones that currently support Gemini Nano
With training data at their disposal, IT companies including as Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta are racing to develop the best large language model (LLM) in order to produce valuable services that attract investors, businesses, and consumers. Some businesses offer smaller versions of their LLMs that can run locally on mobile devices, as the most capable of these LLMs require processing power that simply is not accessible on the little smartphones we carry in our pockets.
Gemini Nano Availability
Currently accessible on a few Android phones, Gemini Nano is the mobile optimized version of Google’s LLM. Google only offered Gemini Nano on the Pixel 8 Pro smartphone when it first launched it in December. After a month, it was made available for Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series, bringing an end to Pixel’s brief exclusivity for the AI model. Google began to push out the Gemini Nano variant to a few more Pixel and Samsung devices in 2024. However, Google ultimately introduced the AI model on a smartphone made by Xiaomi, a different manufacturer, last week.
Gemini Nano Support Expansion
However, it appears that the Xiaomi 14T was only the beginning, as Google has let loose and begun to add support for Gemini Nano to a wide range of new smartphones. This covers both phones from established Nano backers like Samsung and phones from recent Nano entrants like Motorola and Realme.
Gemini Nano Variants
While Gemini Nano and its multimodal variant are both members of the Gemini 1.0 family of LLMs, the multimodal version supports input formats other than text, such as image, speech, and audio. Google claims that the updated version of Nano performs far better in real-world applications and academic benchmarks, and it is roughly twice as big as the previous version.
Current Status and Future Availability
Gemini Nano’s latest version with multimodality is currently only available on the Google Pixel 9 series, with no word on when or if it’ll come to other devices. The AI functions in various Google applications are powered by the new Gemini Nano, enhancing user experience.
Because of its smaller size and support for text-only input, the previous Gemini Nano on the Google Pixel 8 series has a few extra limitations. Currently, the older Gemini Nano model powers only one AI feature on non-Pixel devices, which is Magic Compose in Google Messages. This function suggests possible responses for you to send to a contact based on the context of the last 20 messages in a discussion. Your texts never leave your device because this is all done on-device.
Google's Commitment to Expansion
Google is committed to making Gemini Nano available on more Android smartphones. Currently, Gemini Nano is supported by 15 Android phones, and the latest Gemini Nano with multimodality is supported by an additional 4. As Google rolls out the AI model to more phones, developers will be more inclined to create innovative and engaging applications that leverage it.
