# Bookmarked: Hardware requirements for Gemini Nano shipping since Chrome 138

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2025-07-31
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2025/07/31/hardware-requirements-for-gemini-nano-shipping-since-chrome-138/
- Categories: link, ai
- Tags: chrome, gemini, gemini-nano, llm, models

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<p><a href="https://developer.chrome.com/docs/ai/prompt-api#hardware-requirements">Chrome's hardware requirements</a> to run the Gemini nano. I'd totally forgotten that this was shipping starting Chrome 138. </p>
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> The Language Detector and Translator APIs work on desktop only in Chrome.
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> The Prompt API, Summarizer API, Writer API, and Rewriter API work in Chrome when the following conditions are met:
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> * **Operating system**: Windows 10 or 11; macOS 13+ (Ventura and onwards); or Linux. Chrome for Android, iOS, and ChromeOS are not yet supported by our APIs backed by Gemini Nano.
> * **Storage**: At least 22 GB on the volume that contains your Chrome profile.
> * **GPU**: Strictly more than 4 GB of VRAM.
> * **Network**: Unlimited data or an unmetered connection.

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<p>I am so curious about the 22GB available space requirements on the volume that contains the chrome profile. </p>
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