Tagged "android"
9 articles tagged android, 27 February 2026 to 30 August 2026. Newest first.
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Local LLM Paired with Obsidian on Mobile Eliminates Daily Note-Sorting Headaches
Real-world case study of integrating a local LLM with Obsidian on Android, demonstrating practical on-device AI for knowledge management without cloud dependencies or privacy concerns.
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Qualcomm Launches Dragonwing MBM Silicon with Advanced On-Device AI Capabilities
Qualcomm introduced the Dragonwing MBM silicon platform combining multimedia processing with enterprise-grade on-device AI and connectivity. This new hardware opens opportunities for local LLM deployment across Android devices and edge computing scenarios.
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Google Explains Why AICore Storage Requirements Are Increasing on Android
Google provides transparency about the expanding storage footprint of AICore, its on-device AI runtime for Android, explaining the tradeoffs between capability and storage size.
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Google Drops COSMO: Experimental On-Device AI Assistant for Android
Google has released COSMO, a new experimental AI assistant designed for on-device processing on Android, demonstrating renewed focus on edge inference capabilities.
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Google Previews Gemini Nano 4 for Android AICore with On-Device Capabilities
Google has unveiled Gemini Nano 4, optimised for Android's new AICore framework, enabling efficient on-device inference across a range of Android devices. The preview demonstrates Google's commitment to bringing state-of-the-art LLM capabilities to mobile edge deployment.
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.APKs Are Just .ZIPs: Semi-Legally Hacking Software for Orphaned Hardware
A video explores reverse-engineering and modifying Android APKs to run on legacy devices, with techniques applicable to deploying inference engines on older hardware.
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VoiceShelf: Fully Offline Android Audiobook Reader Using Kokoro TTS
A new Android application demonstrates on-device neural text-to-speech inference without cloud processing, enabling offline audiobook generation directly from EPUB files.
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Android Phones Are Getting Smarter Without Internet — Here's Why On-Device AI Is the Next Big Shift
Exploration of how Android devices are increasingly running AI models natively without internet connectivity, marking a fundamental shift in mobile computing toward true local inference.
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Android Phones Are Getting Smarter Without Internet — On-Device AI as the Next Shift
Analysis of how Android devices are increasingly capable of delivering AI features offline, reducing dependency on cloud connectivity and establishing on-device inference as a core platform capability.