Galaxy S24 becomes the second phone line to run Gemini Nano

Google announced on January 17, 2024 that the Galaxy S24 series runs Gemini Nano on device, which made it the first phone line outside the Pixel 8 Pro to do so. Google names Magic Compose in Google Messages as the feature that runs locally, and states that the data does not leave the phone.

The rest of the announced features run in the cloud. Google lists Gemini Pro behind summarisation in Samsung Notes and Voice Recorder as well as keyboard features, with Generative Edit in the Gallery app built on Imagen 2. Gemini Ultra was still in testing at the time.

The launch also introduced Circle to Search, a gesture that searches whatever is circled or highlighted on screen without switching apps. Samsung published its own account of the launch on the Samsung Newsroom.