Gemma 4 Architecture

Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2 and debuts Foresight notetaking app for Mac

Google unveiled EmbeddingGemma 2, a 740-million-parameter multimodal AI model built on the Gemma 4 architecture and released under an Apache 2.0 license, designed to run locally on devices like Pixel phones using minimal RAM. The company also launched Google AI Edge Foresight, a Mac app that uses the model to transcribe meetings, expand shorthand notes into polished text, and answer questions by searching local files, calendars, and Google Drive content—all processed on-device.

9to5google.com · 2026-10-06

Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2, adding multimodal embeddings on-device

Google launched EmbeddingGemma 2, a follow-up to its original EmbeddingGemma model that reportedly surpassed 20 million downloads. The new 740-million-parameter model is built on the Gemma 4 architecture, released under an Apache 2.0 license, and extends beyond text to embed code, images, video, and audio in a single shared space for on-device inference.

blog.google · 2026-10-06