[Late catch] Google AI Edge Foresight: an offline meeting-notes app that runs on your Mac
What is it?
A Mac meeting-notes app from Google's AI Edge team. It transcribes mic and system audio on the device (speech-to-text) and uses the transcript to turn your rough shorthand into proper notes. Point it at PDFs, Google Docs or Office files and it builds a local knowledge base. When questions come up mid-meeting, it shows answers with citations. Retrieval runs on EmbeddingGemma 2 (a 740M-parameter embedding model that puts text, images, video and audio in one vector space), and chat runs on Gemma 4.
Why does it matter?
It's Google's reference build for bundling on-device speech-to-text with RAG (pulling your own documents into answers) in one app. That matters for teams whose security rules rule out cloud note-takers. Its offline, local-first design sets it apart from cloud services like Granola. If you're building on-device voice or search features, it's a useful benchmark for what the Gemma family can do.
Maturity
PreviewIt reads as an experimental Google app, so we've marked it preview. The official page doesn't list supported languages, the Gemma 4 model size or minimum specs, and the claim that everything runs on-device is the vendor'sVendor claim. It only runs on Apple Silicon Macs.
How to track it
- Missing details: check the official product page for supported languages, the Gemma 4 model size and minimum specs.
- A wider release or other platforms: follow the Google AI Edge team member on X and the official page.
- Testing the on-device claim: look for coverage such as TechCrunch's, or user reports that inspect the app's network traffic.