Overview
- App strings in the latest Pixel Screenshots build show a new setting that says processing can occur “on your device or in the cloud,” and the change is rolling out in version 1.26.134.11.
- The cloud option is tied to Google’s Private AI Compute, which links phones to a sealed cloud environment that uses TPUs and hardware enclaves and is designed so Google cannot read data inside the enclave.
- Pixel Screenshots still runs on-device models and lets users manually process screenshots when offline, preserving local functionality if a phone has no internet connection or the user disables cloud use.
- The update also adds NotebookLM integration, a read‑aloud mode for articles, and Material 3 UI tweaks, but the new build is not yet widely available to all Pixel users.
- For users this could mean faster or more capable search and suggestion features, and it raises practical privacy questions about how enclave protections work in everyday use and how Google will roll out and let people opt out of cloud processing.