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Run Google's Gemini LLMs right on your Mac with the new AI Edge Gallery

AppleInsider • Thu, 04 Jun 2026

Google has released its AI Edge Gallery app on the Mac for the first time, allowing AI fans to run its Gemini large language models (LLMs) locally, without the need for an internet connection. Google's AI Edge Gallery just launched on the Mac While the AI Edge Gallery has been available for the iPhone for a while, the Mac has lagged behind. That changed today when Google made the AI Edge Gallery app available as a direct download from its website. Running an LLM locally has multiple benefits, not just the fact that it can work offline. There is an added privacy benefit, and a local LLM is often faster than sending requests to a cloud server and waiting for a response. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Google has released its AI Edge Gallery app on the Mac for the first time, allowing AI fans to run its Gemini large language models (LLMs) locally, without the need for an internet connection.

Google's AI Edge Gallery just launched on the Mac While the AI Edge Gallery has been available for the iPhone for a while, the Mac has lagged behind.

That changed today when Google made the AI Edge Gallery app available as a direct download from its website.

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