Agent Platform Scorecard
Who is building the agent operating system?
Twelve dimensions across seven providers. Re-graded as announcements land, with the market's reaction shown alongside.
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Google · On-Device AI
Privacy and latency · updated 2026-06-01
Gemini Nano ships on Pixel and Android with a real on-device inference path.
Field average: 4.9Dimension leader: Apple (9)
What this measures
How much capability runs locally, for privacy, latency, offline use, and cost? Hardware, quantized models, and the OS-level plumbing that keeps sensitive context off the server.
Across the web
- AnalysisApple's New Siri Needs Google's Cloud to Actually ThinkProductNation · 2026-06-08
Explains the three-tier routing (on-device, Private Cloud Compute, Gemini on Google cloud) and its privacy tensions.
- NewsGoogle previews Gemini Nano 4 for Android AICore9to5Google · 2026-04-02
Faster on-device models for flagship Android phones, available to third-party apps via ML Kit.
- AnalysisGurman: Next-Gen Siri Powered by White-Label Google Gemini on Private Cloud ComputeDaring Fireball · 2025-11-03
Gruber argues Apple should pick the best model regardless of vendor, but flags the branding contradiction.
On-Device AI across the field