Google has released AI Edge Foresight, a Mac meeting note-taker that uses on-device AI to transcribe conversations, expand shorthand notes and answer questions. TechCrunch reports that the app comes from the team behind Google’s local AI dictation tool and competes with Granola.
The practical draw is access to both meeting notes and reference documents without an internet connection. Google says Foresight runs its AI locally and is optimized for Apple Silicon. Its product page offers a macOS download.
Notes alongside a local document library
Foresight lets users write shorthand notes while it transcribes a meeting. It then uses the transcript to expand those notes. TechCrunch compares its split-screen view of manual and AI-generated notes with Granola’s interface.
Google says the app works alongside Google Meet and Zoom, as well as in face-to-face meetings. Users can review a transcript or ask questions through chat. Its Live Assistance mode can also supply answers during a conversation, with citations to imported files.
Those files give the assistant information beyond what people say in the meeting. Foresight supports PDFs, Google Docs, Microsoft Office formats, plain text, Markdown and web bookmarks. Google also describes connections to local folders and Google Drive, plus support for diagrams and calendar details.
Google identifies EmbeddingGemma 2 as a 740-million-parameter model that helps retrieve relevant information across different types of media. It works with Gemma 4 to search local material and answer questions using that context.
Offline processing, with performance still to assess
Google says personal knowledge sources, meeting audio and notes stay on the computer, and that all AI inference runs locally. It also claims a small memory footprint and low battery drain on Apple Silicon. The product page gives no measured battery results or minimum memory requirement, and TechCrunch’s report provides no accuracy or speed tests.
That leaves readers with a documented feature set and company claims about operation. The resemblance to Granola establishes a familiar note-taking workflow. It does not establish how the two apps compare on transcription or answer quality.
