Google quietly launches AI Edge Gallery, letting Android phones run AI without the cloud

Google has quietly released an experimental Android application that enables users to run sophisticated artificial intelligence models directly on their smartphones without requiring an internet connection, marking a significant step in the company’s push toward edge computing and privacy-focused AI deployment.

The app, called AI Edge Gallery, allows users to download and execute AI models from the popular Hugging Face platform entirely on their devices, enabling tasks such as image analysis, text generation, coding assistance, and multi-turn conversations while keeping all data processing local.

The application, released under an open-source Apache 2.0 license and available through GitHub rather than official app stores, represents Google’s latest effort to democratize access to advanced AI capabilities while addressing growing privacy concerns about cloud-based artificial intelligence services.

“The Google AI Edge Gallery is an experimental app that puts the power of cutting-edge Generative AI models directly into your hands, running entirely ...