Google has introduced a new experimental application designed to assist users with meeting transcriptions and note-taking. The app, titled Google AI Edge Foresight, is currently available for macOS users and functions entirely offline. By leveraging Google’s on-device EmbeddingGemma 2 model, the software aims to provide privacy-focused AI assistance without requiring cloud connectivity.

Functionally, the app operates similarly to existing AI-powered productivity tools like Granola and Wispr Flow. Users can record audio or import files, which the app then transcribes. A key feature of the software is its ability to integrate user-provided shorthand notes with the generated transcript. According to Google, the AI takes these rough bullet points and expands them into structured, polished summaries based on the meeting content.

While the app is free to use, it remains in an experimental phase. The release highlights a broader industry trend toward moving AI processing from the cloud to local hardware, addressing growing user concerns regarding data privacy and the security of sensitive meeting information. By processing data locally, Google eliminates the need to transmit audio files to external servers, a significant departure from many mainstream AI transcription services that rely on cloud-based computation.