The OnePlus 13 gets Gemini Nano support in its first software update

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• OnePlus is rolling out the first post-launch software update to the global version of the OnePlus 13.
• The software update brings support for Gemini Nano, the mobile-optimized version of Google’s large language model.
• It also improves the camera quality, adds new features, and fixes a variety of bugs.

OnePlus launched the global version of its latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 13, to glowing reviews last week. While many, including myself, praised it as one of the best Android phones you can buy right now, we recognized that it isn’t without flaws. One that many reviewers brought up is that nearly all of its new AI features require internet access, a problem that OnePlus could solve with large language models (LLMs) optimized for mobile devices. OnePlus is now rolling out its first software update for the global OnePlus 13 that adds support for Google’s Gemini Nano AI model.

Gemini Nano is the smallest version of Google’s Gemini large language model. It’s small enough to be run reasonably fast on flagship Android phones with ample amounts of memory and AI accelerators, such as the OnePlus 13. Before today’s software update to version CPH2655_15.0.0.402(EX01), though, the OnePlus 13 didn’t support Gemini Nano, as it didn’t have the Android AICore app that’s necessary to download the model. After installing the update, though, my OnePlus 13 now has the Android AICore app. Following a quick update to the app from the Google Play Store, my OnePlus 13 began downloading Google’s Gemini Nano model once I opened the Google Messages app and tapped the Magic Compose button.




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