{"id":11964,"date":"2026-04-03T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/google-is-previewing-gemini-nano-4-for-android-aicore-coming-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:54:12","slug":"google-is-previewing-gemini-nano-4-for-android-aicore-coming-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/google-is-previewing-gemini-nano-4-for-android-aicore-coming-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is previewing Gemini Nano 4 for Android AICore, coming this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>In addition to the Gemma 4, Google today also detailed the Gemini Nano 4 for Android.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-710493\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Gemma 4 is &#8220;the foundation of the next generation Gemini Nano.&#8221; Gemini Nano 4 is currently available in early access through the AICore Developer Preview. Google previously called the models \u201cnano-v2\u201d and \u201cnano-v3\u201d (found in the Pixel 10 and Galaxy S26). There are two versions:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gemini Nano 4 Fast<\/strong> [Preview, TPU]: Our best performing model based on Gemma 4 E2B, designed for fast responses.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>E2B: Optimized for high speed (3x faster than E4B model!) and low latency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gemini Nano 4 Full<\/strong> [Preview, TPU]: Our most capable model based on Gemma 4 E4B for high quality responses.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>E4B: Designed for high thinking power and complex tasks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Android, Google highlights how Gemma 4 is &#8220;up to 4x faster than previous versions and uses 60% less battery. It offers &#8220;industry-leading performance with multi-channel understanding&#8221; across text, image, and audio, while natively supporting 140+ languages. <\/p>\n<p>Use cases include: <\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\">Advertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Consultation<\/strong>: Chain of command commands and conditional statements can now be expected to return high-quality results. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For example: &#8220;Determine whether the following discussion thread comment exceeds the community guidelines. A comment does not exceed the community guideline if it contains one or more of these reasons_for_flag: profanity, abusive language, hate speech&#8221;. If the update exceeds the community guidelines, return {true}. Otherwise, return {false, reason_for_flag}.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Statistics<\/strong>: With better math skills, the model can now answer questions more accurately.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: &#8220;If I receive 26 paychecks a year, how much should I contribute per paycheck to reach my $10,000 savings goal during the year?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Understanding time<\/strong>: The model is now more time-sensitive, making it more accurate for use cases involving calendars, reminders, and alarms.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: &#8220;The event is at 6PM on August 18th, and the reminder should be sent 10 hours before the event. Return the time and date the reminder should be sent.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Understanding the image<\/strong>: Use situations involving OCR (Optical Character Recognition) &#8211; such as chart recognition, visual data extraction, and handwriting recognition &#8211; will now return more accurate results.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>The Gemini Nano 4 will launch in &#8220;the best new Android devices later this year.&#8221; Any &#8220;code you write today for Gemma 4 will automatically run on Gemini Nano 4-enabled devices.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>You can sign up for the AICore developer preview here. Google will &#8220;make several updates during the preview period, including support for calling, structured logouts, system prompts, and a think mode in the Prompt API.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-preferred-source-badge\">\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a favorite source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a favorite source on Google\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use auto affiliate links to earn income.<\/em> More.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-708702\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/03-18-Galaxy-S26-Series-Grip-Banner.png?w=700\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the Gemma 4, Google today also detailed the Gemini Nano 4 for Android. The Gemma 4 is &#8220;the foundation of the next generation Gemini Nano.&#8221; Gemini Nano 4 is currently available in early access through the AICore Developer Preview. Google previously called the models \u201cnano-v2\u201d and \u201cnano-v3\u201d (found in the Pixel 10 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-smartphones-tablets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}