--- title: "#on-device-ai articles | Hashnode" description: "Explore 43 articles tagged #on-device-ai on Hashnode. Tutorials, guides, and how-tos from the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/tag/on-device-ai" --- Tag # #on-device-ai 43 posts · 1 followers [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [3d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/gemini-nano-background-use-blocked-quotas/6af191bc4baa70c9267044cb) ### [Gemini Nano Stops When Your App Leaves the Screen: What That Breaks](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/gemini-nano-background-use-blocked-quotas?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Gemini Nano only runs when your app is on screen. What that breaks, the two usage limits, and when a cloud fallback is the right call. 8 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/gemini-nano-background-use-blocked-quotas?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [Nov 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/plug-external-model-into-apple-foundation-models/6aeb717d4f806a32422e24f2) ### [Plug an External Model Into Apple's Foundation Models](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/plug-external-model-into-apple-foundation-models?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How Apple's LanguageModel protocol lets a cloud model answer your session, and the data, token and key costs to decide first. 8 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/plug-external-model-into-apple-foundation-models?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [Nov 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/ship-hybrid-ai-eligibility-rollout-monitoring/6aeb723ed103189906601791) ### [Ship Hybrid AI: Eligibility, Rollout and Monitoring](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/ship-hybrid-ai-eligibility-rollout-monitoring?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How to ship on-device and cloud AI features on iOS and Android: eligibility states, kill switches, rollout tiers and a request receipt. 8 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/ship-hybrid-ai-eligibility-rollout-monitoring?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [Nov 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/android-nano-firebase-hybrid-backend-proxy/6aeb71e57b8fb1907412e57c) ### [Android: Gemini Nano, Firebase Hybrid and a Backend Proxy](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/android-nano-firebase-hybrid-backend-proxy?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Gemini Nano, Firebase AI Logic hybrid modes and a backend proxy for Android AI features, with the four modes and what to log. 8 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/android-nano-firebase-hybrid-backend-proxy?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [Nov 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/7-on-device-ai-tools-for-mobile-and-where-each-one-stops/6ae73a78568fe3f5fe8718eb) ### [7 On-Device AI Tools for Mobile, and Where Each One Stops](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/7-on-device-ai-tools-for-mobile-and-where-each-one-stops?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Seven tools for running AI on iPhone and Android, with the limits Apple and Google document, and when to skip each one. 9 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/7-on-device-ai-tools-for-mobile-and-where-each-one-stops?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [Oct 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/hybrid-ai-routing-on-device-first-cloud-fallback/6ae5c68b1a0a0a45af49a8d0) ### [Hybrid AI Routing: Try the Phone First, Fall Back to the Cloud Without Surprising the User](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/hybrid-ai-routing-on-device-first-cloud-fallback?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Firebase hybrid modes, a routing policy you can test without a phone, timeouts, and logs that never store prompts. 18 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/hybrid-ai-routing-on-device-first-cloud-fallback?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [Oct 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/decide-per-feature-where-on-device-ai-runs/6ae5c4adf460b5d8ad3f1689) ### [Decide Per Feature, Not Per App: Where Each AI Call Should Run on the Phone](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/decide-per-feature-where-on-device-ai-runs?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How to score each AI feature on privacy, latency, quality, offline and cost, then choose on-device, cloud or split, with a worked table. 13 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/decide-per-feature-where-on-device-ai-runs?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [Oct 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-the-phone-s-built-in-ai-can-and-cannot-do-limits-typed-output-tools-and-images/6ae40cd51b6f550f1a46b446) ### [What the Phone's Built-In AI Can and Cannot Do: Limits, Typed Output, Tools and Images](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/what-the-phone-s-built-in-ai-can-and-cannot-do-limits-typed-output-tools-and-images?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) What Apple's and Google's on-device models can do, where they stop, and a 30-input test to run on your own phones. 10 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/what-the-phone-s-built-in-ai-can-and-cannot-do-limits-typed-output-tools-and-images?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [Oct 29](https://hashnode.com/posts/same-task-three-models-your-first-call-to-apple-s-google-s-and-an-external-ai/6ae360a3c3f72f9b33c99499) ### [Same Task, Three Models: Your First Call to Apple's, Google's and an External AI](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/same-task-three-models-your-first-call-to-apple-s-google-s-and-an-external-ai?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) One task written three ways: Apple Foundation Models, Gemini Nano Prompt API and a cloud API, with the availability check each needs. 10 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/same-task-three-models-your-first-call-to-apple-s-google-s-and-an-external-ai?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sai Ram Kotha](https://hashnode.com/@sairamkotha) · [Oct 28](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-app-s-ai-can-run-in-three-places-each-one-sends-your-data-somewhere-else/6ae240d7766f58f336411fdb) ### [Your App's AI Can Run in Three Places. Each One Sends Your Data Somewhere Else.](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/your-app-s-ai-can-run-in-three-places-each-one-sends-your-data-somewhere-else?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Three places an app's AI can run, what each sends off the device, and how to pick one for each feature. 16 min read · [sairamkotha.hashnode.dev](https://sairamkotha.hashnode.dev/your-app-s-ai-can-run-in-three-places-each-one-sends-your-data-somewhere-else?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)