Gemma 4 12B Enables On-Device, Multimodal Agentic Workflows with an Encoder-free Architecture (opens in new tab)

Google says Gemma 4 12B is "designed to bring agentic, multimodal intelligence directly to your laptop", further noting that the new model can be combined with Google AI Edge to "build and experiment locally, on everyday machines". This integration allows for a wide range of capabilities, from autonomous data processing to generating visual insights and even building webpages or executing tools.