Originally published on rohitraj.tech
Google just shipped an offline AI dictation app. Android 16 runs notification summaries on-device. The "cloud-first" mentality for AI apps is dying — here's how I built a production Android app with zero network permissions using Gemma 4, LiteRT, and regex fallback.
Read the full version with code samples, diagrams, and architecture details: Cloud-First AI Is Dead. I Built a Fully Offline AI App to Prove It.
More engineering notes: rohitraj.tech/notes
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