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Google released an app called AI Edge Gallery that lets you download and run AI models locally

Google has quietly launched a new experimental app called AI Edge Gallery. This app allows people using Android phones to run different open-source AI models right on their devices. The best part is that it works without needing an internet connection, so everything happens directly on the phone.

AI Edge Gallery is now available as an early test version (alpha) on GitHub. It lets users download and run AI models on their phones for things like analyzing images, having chat-like conversations, generating text, and editing code. These models run fully on the phone, using the device’s CPU, GPU, or other built-in tools. This means you can use AI without needing the internet, which helps keep your data private and makes AI easier to use in places with no connection.

The app is not on the Google Play Store yet, so users have to install it manually (sideload it). It gives access to open-source AI models from platforms like Hugging Face, including Google’s new model called Gemma 3n. After installation, these models can assist with tasks such as image analysis, question answering, text rewriting, and code creation all while working completely offline, even in airplane mode.

AI Edge Gallery features three main tools:

• Ask Image: Upload a photo and ask questions about its content.
• AI Chat: Interact with a model in a chat format.
• Prompt Lab: Perform tasks like text summarisation, tone-based rewriting, or code snippet generation using configurable AI prompts.

Google’s new app shows its bigger plan to bring AI directly to personal devices, instead of depending only on cloud services. While the AI models in the app aren’t as powerful as tools like ChatGPT or Gemini yet, this is still an important step toward making AI more private, faster, and easier to use anywhere.

The AI Edge Gallery app is available under the open Apache 2.0 license, meaning anyone can use it for both research and business. Right now, it only works on Android, but Google says an iOS version is being developed.

Developers and tech-savvy users can download the app (APK file) and follow setup steps on Google’s GitHub page. But if you’re not familiar with side loading, it might be better to wait for the official Play Store release, which will be safer and easier to install.