--- title: Google built an AI translator that runs entirely offline... description: Google's Antigravity team built the Gemma Translator, an offline AI translation prototype running Gemma 4 E2B on a Raspberry Pi 5. The device includes a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-built-an-ai-translator-that-runs-entirely-offline-on-a-raspberry-pi-bmcfrhjlz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google built an AI translator that runs entirely offline on a Raspberry Pi | daily.dev og:description: Google's Antigravity team built the Gemma Translator, an offline AI translation prototype running Gemma 4 E2B on a Raspberry Pi 5. The device includes a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-built-an-ai-translator-that-runs-entirely-offline-on-a-raspberry-pi-bmcfrhjlz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bMCfrhJLz.png og:image:alt: Google built an AI translator that runs entirely offline on a Raspberry Pi og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google built an AI translator that runs entirely offline on a Raspberry Pi **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google's Antigravity team built the Gemma Translator, an offline AI translation prototype running Gemma 4 E2B on a Raspberry Pi 5. The device includes a microphone, speaker, and 3D-printed enclosure, requiring no cloud connection. The Raspberry Pi 5 costs ~$80, Gemma 4 E2B is free under Apache 2.0, and the full project is open source on GitHub. It targets travelers in low-connectivity areas, organizations handling sensitive conversations, and emergency responders. This is a technology showcase, not a product announcement. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can Gemma 4 E2B run on a Raspberry Pi 5 for real-time speech translation? Yes, Gemma 4 E2B runs on a Raspberry Pi 5 and can handle real-time speech translation entirely offline. Google's Antigravity team demonstrated this with the Gemma Translator prototype, which pairs the model with a microphone and speaker in a 3D-printed enclosure. The Raspberry Pi 5 costs about $80, and Gemma 4 E2B is free under Apache 2.0, with the full project open source on GitHub. _Developers building on-device AI projects track Gemma edge model developments on daily.dev._ ### What hardware does the Google Gemma Translator prototype use? The Gemma Translator prototype runs on a Raspberry Pi 5 (~$80) with a microphone and speaker housed in a custom 3D-printed enclosure. It uses Gemma 4 E2B, the smallest model in Google's open-weight Gemma 4 family, which was specifically designed to run on edge hardware like the Raspberry Pi or Jetson Nano. No internet connection is required. _Engineers exploring edge AI hardware options find project comparisons and announcements on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google AI Pro cost me $20 a month, but Gemma 4 does the same job for free](https://daily.dev/posts/google-ai-pro-cost-me-20-a-month-but-gemma-4-does-the-same-job-for-free-4zz3wjdux) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#raspberry-pi](https://daily.dev/tags/raspberry-pi), [#local-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/local-ai), [#gemma](https://daily.dev/tags/gemma) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-built-an-ai-translator-that-runs-entirely-offline-on-a-raspberry-pi-bmcfrhjlz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google built an AI translator that runs entirely offline on a Raspberry Pi","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-built-an-ai-translator-that-runs-entirely-offline-on-a-raspberry-pi-bmcfrhjlz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-built-an-ai-translator-that-runs-entirely-offline-on-a-raspberry-pi-bmcfrhjlz"},"datePublished":"2026-08-08T00:18:42.069Z","dateModified":"2026-08-08T04:49:12.355Z","description":"Google's Antigravity team built the Gemma Translator, an offline AI translation prototype running Gemma 4 E2B on a Raspberry Pi 5. 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