Last Updated: March 11, 2024, 13:46 IST
Pixel 8 Pro already runs the Gemini Nano AI mannequin
Google has shared some dangerous information with those that purchased the most recent Pixel 8 mannequin in the previous few months. We all know that the AI-powered Tensor chip affords dependable efficiency and different nifty options. The Pixel 8 Pro is likely one of the first telephones to profit from the Gemini Nano AI tech however sadly, Google believes that the Pixel 8 just isn’t highly effective sufficient to run the AI mannequin.
Google has talked about ‘hardware limitations’ with the Pixel 8 that makes it unlikely to help the AI mannequin. As you may be conscious, the Pixel 8 collection has a differing {hardware}, solely close to the RAM on board.
The Pixel 8 comes with 8GB RAM whereas the 8 Pro options 12GB RAM which Google feels is required to run the nano model of Gemini AI on a smartphone. We assume that could possibly be the one motive for the corporate skipping the Pixel 8 mannequin for its on-system AI tech.
Google confirmed the replace through an internet present just lately, the place it additionally identified that Gemini Nano AI will probably be coming to the highest excessive-finish gadgets solely, which incorporates the Samsung Galaxy S collection fashions, the Pixels and most probably some telephones from manufacturers like OnePlus, Oppo and extra.
It is fascinating to see Google utterly miss Pixel 8 from its AI integration and individuals who purchased the cellphone will probably be feeling aggrieved by this choice, which doesn’t bode properly for a model that faces a tricky struggle within the premium market.
Google launched Gemini AI in a number of variations, and Nano is the smallest of the lot that may run AI fashions on the system. The firm is already within the strategy of providing the Nano AI on older Pixel fashions which ought to be rolling out with the March Pixel replace options for the present Pixel customers.
