Google brings offline AI meeting notes to Mac with new ‘AI Edge Foresight’ app

On October 8, Google quietly introduced a new Mac app called AI Edge Foresight, aimed at people who spend much of their day in meetings. The app records conversations from online or in‑person meetings, then uses on‑device AI to generate summaries, key decisions, and action items. Because the processing happens locally on the Mac rather than in the cloud, it’s designed to be safer for confidential discussions.

At the core of the app is an assistant powered by Google’s lightweight large language model Gemma 4. After a meeting, users can ask natural questions such as “What did we decide about pricing?” or “List all follow‑up tasks,” and get answers grounded in the transcript. Recording, transcription, summarization, and Q&A are all bundled into a single interface, replacing the patchwork of separate tools many teams rely on today.

For now, AI Edge Foresight is Mac‑only, but it targets a clear pain point for remote and hybrid workers who still type minutes by hand. Legal firms, consultants, and startups—where sensitive discussions are common and cloud recording is often restricted—are likely early adopters, and the app hints at a broader shift toward privacy‑preserving AI productivity tools on the desktop.