Pixel 8 won’t get Gemini Nano on-device AI – this is important for your next Android purchase

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be the most important thing happening in tech, including smartphones. There's increased talk about on-device AI capabilities for mobile devices, as phones are powerful enough to run some generative AI features locally without connecting to the cloud.

You'll need a high-end or flagship handset for on-device AI. But even then, you might not actually get that sort of generative AI experience. Sadly, the Pixel 8 is the best example of that.

It's a Google phone that runs Google's optimized version of Android. It's one of the best Android devices in town. Yet its hardware has limitations that make it incompatible with Gemini Nano. Google said so. 

Gemini Nano is Google's smallest large language model and the one that can run AI features on-device. You might not be a Pixel phone buyer, but this revelation is important. It might impact your next Android device purchase if you want it to support on-device AI.

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