Google launches Google AI Edge Foresight, a local-first Mac meeting note-taker rival to Granola

Google released Google AI Edge Foresight, a Mac app that captures meeting notes offline using the on-device EmbeddingGemma 2 model with 740 million parameters. The app offers split-screen shorthand and AI-generated notes, transcripts, and a Gemma 4-powered assistant that can answer questions from uploaded documents. Google's FAQ says it is optimized for Apple Silicon.