Google had to sacrifice in Pixel 9a. Its ram is not enough to offer the whole AI

The Pixel 9 family is full on the market. The pixel 9, pixel 9 pro and pixel 9 pro

Although it benefits from the same update period as its older brothers, the cutting of advantages which is not as obvious in its specific sheet will prevent it from performing some of the most advanced functions of Google and its AI. Gemini will not work completely as in the rest of the Pixel 9.

A pixel 9a tried in software

Although most of the Gemini functions are performed on the servers of the American company, there is a variant that of Pixel 8 Pro is hosted on the phones themselves. Here, Nano Gemini “This is what this AI is called on the device – It does not need permanent connection to the network and allows you to perform certain actions.

However, he has stricter requirements Material to operate because it maintains a process in the background. Thus, AI's experience on the “cheap” phone in Google will not coincide with what we have seen in the rest of the members, according to confirmed information at Ars Technica.

Gemini Nano in Pixel 9a is a smaller model than in Pixel 9: Google calls it Gemini Nano 1.0 XXS (Extra small supplement). The fault is, as we have commented on, of the quantity of RAM implemented in the most economical. 8 GB is not enough to execute Gemini Nano, a case that remembers what happened with Pixel 8: First Google said it was incompatible, then rectified.

Not only remembers, but Pixel 9a with its 8 GB of RAM uses the same model as Pixel 8, as XXS Nano Gemini. What differences is there for the “standard”? The child does not continue continuously in the background, that is to say, It is only loaded when the model is necessary. On the other hand, it is not multimodal, because the material limitations make it operate only with text.

One of the victims is the pixel screenshot, the application that analyzes screenshots to offer us answers by recalling what we have done. Call notes either availableA function that uses local AI to generate summaries of a telephone conversation.

Unfortunately, the signing of the search engine does not mention these differences in the characteristics of the AI: faced with a consumer who is looking for these functions is not ideal. We will see if more limits appear in the use of Gemini Nano in Pixel 9a. Anyway, it is striking that you have fun functions, especially when it is updated for seven years. The AI ​​will continue to be an important part of Google software in 2032 when this smartphone is out of assistance, it is called Gemini or not.

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