AI. AI. AI. I’m sure you’re tired of hearing this word over the past couple of years. It is everywhere, slapped onto every feature, every app, every keynote slide, whether it actually makes your phone better or not. And honestly, I’ve felt the same way. Sure, some features are quite useful, but most of the AI features on Android I find to be a gimmick you try once and forget about.
One such gimmick, at least in my opinion, has always been on-device AI. Most AI features on our phones still rely on the cloud (or hybrid architecture), and for the longest time, I’ve believed that smartphones simply can’t match the processing power of AI data centers. Because of that, on-device AI never really felt all that useful, at least not to the extent companies claim it is.
