Google previews Gemini Nano 4 for Android AICore, coming this year
Google previews Gemini Nano 4 for Android AICore, coming this year
https://9to5google.com/2026/04/02/gemini-nano-4-android/
Publish Date: 2026-04-02 13:00:00
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In addition to Gemma 4, Google today also detailed Gemini Nano 4 for Android.
Gemma 4 is the “foundation for the next generation of Gemini Nano.” Gemini Nano 4 is currently available in early access via the AICore Developer Preview. Google has previously referred to the models as “nano-v2” and “nano-v3” (which is available on the Pixel 10 and Galaxy S26). There are two versions:
- Gemini Nano 4 Fast [Preview, TPU]: Our most efficient model based on Gemma 4 E2B, designed for fast responses.
- E2B: Optimized for maximum speed (3x faster than the E4B model!) and lower latency.
- Gemini Nano 4 Full [Preview, TPU]: Our most capable model based on Gemma 4 E4B for the highest-quality answers.
- E4B: Designed for higher reasoning power and complex tasks.
For Android, Google highlights how Gemma 4 is “up to 4x faster than previous versions and uses up to 60% less battery.” It offers “industry-leading performance with multimodal understanding” across text, image, and audio, while natively supporting 140+ languages.
Use cases include:
Reasoning: Chain-of-thought commands and conditional statements can now be expected to return higher quality results.
- For example: “Determine if the following comment for a discussion thread passes the community guidelines. The comment does not pass the community guideline if it contains one or more of these reason_for_flag: profanity, derogatory language, hate speech”. If the review passes the community guidelines, return {true}. Otherwise, return {false, reason_for_flag}.”
Math: With better math skills, the model can now more accurately answer questions.
- For example: “If I get 26 paychecks per year, how much should I contribute each paycheck to reach my savings goal of $10,000 over the course of a year?”
Time understanding: The model is now more capable when reasoning about time, making it more accurate for…
