Google has released Google AI Edge Foresight, a Mac app that takes on AI note-taker Granola and other meeting transcription tools. The app is designed to work completely offline using on-device models, specifically the 740-million-parameter EmbeddingGemma 2 model, and can capture meeting notes across apps, including in-person meetings. Its interface mirrors Granola with a split-screen view: users can write shorthand notes on one side while AI-generated notes appear on the other, and manual note-taking is supported while transcription runs. The app also provides a full meeting transcript and lets users chat with a Gemma 4-powered assistant to get answers.

Users can upload documents such as PDFs, Google Docs, Microsoft Office formats, plain text, Markdown, and web bookmarks to build a knowledge base. The app can then answer questions in real time when a topic related to that stored data comes up during a meeting. According to Google’s FAQ, the app is optimized for Apple Silicon and can function entirely offline, making it possible to use meeting notes while traveling or in areas without internet access.

The release follows an earlier experimental Google dictation app that did not reach mainstream adoption. The new meeting note-taker appears aimed at demonstrating what the Gemma family of offline models can do. The article notes that Google could eventually release a consumer-facing version of the tool that works across video calling apps through Gemini, relying on cloud models instead. The meeting note-taker market is crowded: Wispr and Calendly recently launched their own notetakers, and Superhuman acquired YC-backed notetaker Fathom last month.