It turns out that the search giant's new AI solution, the Gemini Nano, will only come to the most expensive member of the Pixel 8 series.
Last December, Google unveiled its next-generation AI model, Gemini, which the search giant intends to serve as a central platform for AI functionality coming to its various services and products. From there, the technology is being deployed in several forms, including the Gemini Nano, designed specifically for mobile tasks, which has since become available on the Pixel 8 Pro, which has been on sale since the fall, but buyers of the basic Pixel 8 shouldn't wait for that. .
Google recently posted A developer show called The Android Show Its latest episode, in which developer relations engineer Terence Zhang revealed that the Gemini Nano will not be available on the regular Pixel 8 phone. Zhang explained the decision with “some hardware limitations,” but it could be said that this is a bit strange upon first hearing it.
Both the Pixel 8 Pro and the Pixel 8 that was unveiled in October are powered by Google's internally developed Tensor G3 chipset, so raw performance can't be a reason to discriminate against the base model. One possible explanation could be memory, as the Pixel 8 only has 8GB of RAM, while the Pro version has 12GB, and it's also possible that the slightly larger format means the cooling of the 6.7-inch Pixel 8 Pro copes better. Also better with AI operations that require more serious effort.
Based on what was said in the presentation, Google plans to use the Gemini Nano only on high-end devices in the future, which is not only available on the Pixel 8 Pro models, but also on the armed Samsung Galaxy S24 series. With an army of AI tricks, and later with other unnamed mobile phones.
