Gemma 4 rumor surfaces
Rumors on social say Google may release Gemma 4 as soon as tomorrow, prompting anticipation about a new local large model refresh — but the report is unconfirmed and should be treated as speculation. If true, Gemma 4 would add to the surge of advanced on‑device and local models. (x.com)
Google published a formal Gemma 4 announcement on April 2, 2026, confirming a new generation in its open-model family. (blog.google) Google said Gemma 4 is being released under the Apache 2.0 open-source license, making model weights and code broadly usable. (arstechnica.com) Public materials list two large Gemma 4 variants: a 26-billion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) and a 31-billion-parameter dense model. (arstechnica.com) Google Cloud confirmed Gemma 4 support across TPUs, Vertex AI, GKE and Cloud Run, and said the 26B MoE will be offered as a managed Model Garden option “over the coming days.” (cloud.google.com) Android developer channels announced an AICore Developer Preview for Gemma 4 and said the models are intended to power on‑device agentic workflows and future Gemini Nano 4-enabled phones. (android-developers.googleblog.com) Google’s announcement cited community uptake metrics — roughly 400 million Gemma downloads and over 100,000 community variants since the family’s launch — as backstory for the new release. (blog.google)
