AICore

The Android system service that runs Google's on-device Gemini Nano model for apps and Pixel features. You can disable it, with a caveat: read what stops working first.

What it does

AICore is a Google system service that downloads, manages and runs Gemini Nano, Google's on-device language model, on phones whose hardware supports it. Apps and system features reach the model through AICore instead of bundling their own. Google says it follows Private Compute Core rules: other apps can reach it only through set interfaces, it cannot go online by itself and each request is handled separately. It updates through the Play Store.

Also shown as Android AICore.

If you disable it

On-device AI features that depend on Gemini Nano stop or fall back to cloud processing, and apps that call the model get an error.

How to disable it

Settings offers Disable for this package on most phones. Open Settings > Apps > See all apps > AICore > Disable.

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.aicore

adb shell pm enable com.google.android.aicore

The stronger option removes it for your user only; the original copy stays on the phone and a factory reset brings it back. Prefer disabling: it is easier to undo.

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.aicore

adb shell cmd package install-existing com.google.android.aicore

New to ADB? Set it up in about ten minutes.

Data and battery

Runs prompts from apps on the device; Google says it has no direct internet access and is designed not to keep request data.

Where it appears

• Made by Google LLC.
• Listed on Google Play: AICore on Google Play.