Gemini Nano Is About To Make Your Apps Smarter Than You
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Gemini Nano is seemingly coming to third-party Android apps in the future. It looks like the Search giant might just announce this at its upcoming Google I/O conference taking place next week. Up to this point, Gemini Nano has only been available on a small number of devices. Most of them are from Google’s own Pixel lineup. You’ll also find support available for a couple of Samsung’s most recent phones. As well as a couple from Motorola, and a few from Xiaomi. Case in point, Gemini Nano support isn’t very widespread at the moment. It won’t be that way for long, however.
Android Authority has noticed that Google’s published some documentation on GenAI APIs being added to the company’s ML Kit, a tool that allows developers to utilize machine learning and deploy some of its benefits within their applications. Google also has a session at Google I/O 2025 next week, which will focus part of its time on these new GenAI APIs being added to ML Kit.
So, it seems pretty likely that Google is going to announce something to do with third-party apps gaining access to this new kit. Thereby, gaining access to Gemini Nano. This is exciting for developers, but perhaps just as exciting for users. Because it means there’s a very good chance that not too far in the future, third-party apps could have several Gemini Nano features. This also means Gemini Nano wouldn’t be as limited as it is now. Specifically with regard to what devices are compatible.
Gemini Nano will come to third-party apps through the new GenAI APIs
Google details this in its new documentation. Stating that new GenAI APIs in ML Kit “harness the power of Gemini Nano to deliver out-of-the-box performance for common tasks through a simplified, high-level interface.” There are a handful of features that the new APIs enable. This includes a few features. Such as proofreading short chat messages, rewriting short chat messages with different tones or styles, and the ability to summarize articles.
It also enables the capability to generate short descriptions of images. As an example, you might be able to upload an image to the app. Afterward, the app could give you a description of that image. It’s not clear if this is how it will be used, though. That all depends on how the developer implements the API.
This won’t be quite the same as using the Gemini app on a Pixel device
It’s worth keeping in mind that while this will be a powerful boost for apps and thereby a larger number of users who currently have incompatible devices, it won’t be quite like using the Gemini app on a Pixel device.
Meaning you might not have all the same features. However, it should still make apps more interesting and give users more to do.
