On-Device & Local InferenceGoogle (Android)GoogleApr 2, 2026

Google releases Gemma 4 as an AICore developer preview

Released Gemma 4 as an AICore developer preview — E4B/E2B, more than 140 languages, multimodal; claims up to 4× faster than the previous generation and up to 60% battery savings (preview, not GA)

Why it matters

On-device AI on Android evolved into a system in which a system service (AICore) distributes open models directly

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialandroid-developers.googleblog.comhttps://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/04/AI-Core-Developer-Preview.html

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