Google has quietly released a new app on the iPhone App Store. It is called Google AI Edge Eloquent, and it is a free AI-powered dictation tool that works entirely offline.
No subscription. No cloud processing required. Just speak, and your phone transcribes what you say.
How Does Eloquent Work?
When you first open the app, it downloads AI models powered by Gemma — Google’s open-source language model. Once those models are on your device, all transcription happens locally. Your voice never leaves your phone.
As you speak, you see a live transcription appear on screen. When you pause, the app automatically cleans up the text. It removes filler words like “um” and “ah” and polishes the phrasing.
Below the transcript, you get options to reformat the text. You can choose “Key points,” “Formal,” “Short,” or “Long” depending on what you need. That makes it useful for everything from quick notes to professional messages.
Why Offline First?
Running AI models on-device has several advantages. It is faster, since there is no round trip to a server. It is also more private, since your voice and words stay on your device. And it works even without an internet connection — useful on flights or in areas with poor signal.
Google has been pushing on-device AI heavily in recent months, particularly on Android. The company recently announced that Gemini Nano 4 is coming to Android devices later this year. Eloquent feels like a companion effort on iOS.
What About Android?
Eloquent is currently only available on iOS. However, the App Store description references an Android version. It mentions that the app will eventually support Android integration, including the ability to set it as a system-wide default keyboard.
For now, Android users do not have access. But given Google’s focus on on-device AI for Android, a launch on that platform seems likely in the future.
Is It Good?
Early impressions suggest the app is in early testing stages. The transcription quality is solid but not perfect. The filler-word filtering works well. The text reformatting tools are genuinely useful.
If you have been looking for a fast, private way to dictate notes on your iPhone, this is worth trying. It is free, and it does not send your voice to any server. That combination is hard to beat.
The release fits into a broader pattern of Google expanding its AI presence across Apple’s platform. This builds on the deeper-than-expected Apple and Google AI partnership that was detailed earlier this year.
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