Google launches offline Mac note app AI Edge Foresight

Google released AI Edge Foresight, a free experimental Mac app that transcribes and summarizes meetings fully offline.

Google released Google AI Edge Foresight, a Mac meeting note-taker that TechCrunch positions as a local-first competitor to Granola and The Verge describes as a free experimental app. Both outlets say it transcribes meetings and audio fully offline on Apple Silicon using on-device EmbeddingGemma 2; TechCrunch alone specifies a 740-million-parameter EmbeddingGemma 2 model and a Gemma 4 assistant for questions. Users can expand shorthand into polished notes from the transcript, view notes alongside transcripts, and query an assistant. They can also attach local files—PDFs, Docs, Office files, text, Markdown, and bookmarks—as a knowledge base. The Verge says Google states that audio, notes, and files stay on the computer. TechCrunch adds that Google previously shipped an experimental local dictation tool and that this release may mainly showcase Gemma’s on-device models.

• Google released Google AI Edge Foresight on 2026-10-08, a Mac meeting note-taker that can run fully offline.
• The Verge calls it a free experimental app; TechCrunch frames it as a local-first competitor to Granola.
• It uses on-device EmbeddingGemma 2 and is optimized for Apple Silicon; TechCrunch says that model has 740 million parameters and that a Gemma 4 assistant answers questions.
• Users can turn shorthand notes into polished notes from transcripts, use a split view, and query a built-in assistant.
• A local knowledge base can draw on PDFs, Docs, Office files, text, Markdown, and bookmarks.
• The Verge reports Google says meeting audio, notes, and files never leave the computer.
• TechCrunch notes Google previously shipped an experimental local dictation tool and suggests the app may mainly showcase Gemma’s offline models.