{"slug": "pixel-screenshots-no-longer-exclusively-uses-on-device-ai", "title": "Pixel Screenshots no longer exclusively uses on-device AI", "summary": "Google's Pixel Screenshots app is expanding beyond on-device AI to include cloud processing, using the company's Private AI Compute technology to keep data secure. The change, rolling out in version 1.26.134.11, updates the setting from \"Search your screenshots with on-device AI\" to \"Search your screenshots with AI,\" allowing processing in a secure isolated environment either on-device or in the cloud.", "body_md": "Like [Magic Cue](https://9to5google.com/2025/11/11/google-private-ai-compute-pixel/) late last year, Pixel Screenshots is moving beyond just using on-device AI to leverage cloud processing.\n\nVersion 1.26.134.11 (versus 1.25.367.13) of Pixel Screenshots is rolling out with a change in settings. The “Search your screenshots with on-device AI” preference becomes “Search your screenshots with AI.” The description has been updated with: “Data used by Screenshots is protected in a secure, isolated environment on your device or in the cloud.”\n\nAll processing was previously performed on-device, but it can now also be done “in the cloud.”\n\nThat “secure, isolated environment” is presumably a reference to Private AI Compute. In November, Google announced the technique as a way to “bring you intelligent AI experiences with the power of Gemini models in the cloud, while keeping your data private to you.” Google cannot access this information.\n\n*Old vs. new*\n\n[Private AI Compute](https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/private_ai_compute_technical_brief.pdf) (PDF) makes use of an end-to-end Google stack from Tensor Processing Units to Titanium Intelligence Enclaves. Your phone connects to the hardware-secured sealed cloud environment through remote attestation and encryption.\n\nMagic Cue started using this last year to offer “more timely suggestions.” Recorder also leverages it to “summarize transcriptions across a wider range of languages.”\n\nAdditional strings explain that this move will “help you get even more from your screenshots,” but there are no specifics.\n\nTo help you get even more from your screenshots, Pixel Screenshots now processes your information in a secure, isolated environment on your device or in the cloud.\n\nThat said, Pixel Screenshots still leverages on-device models as evidenced by the ability to manually process a screenshot when your phone is not connected to the internet.\n\nPixel Screenshots 1.26.134.11 is not yet widely rolled out. The most recent update introduced NotebookLM integration, [Read aloud](https://9to5google.com/2025/09/02/pixel-screenshots-read-aloud/) for articles, and [Material 3 Expressive tweaks](https://9to5google.com/2025/08/27/google-clock-material-3-expressive-redesign/).\n\nSpeaking of Magic Cue, Google announced with the [June 2026 Drop](https://9to5google.com/2026/06/16/june-2026-pixel-feature-drop/) that Pixel 10 users will soon get “contextual, time-saving suggestions” in Snapchat conversations.\n\n*FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.* [More.](https://9to5mac.com/about/#affiliate)\n\n[our homepage](http://9to5google.com/)for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Google on\n\n[exclusive stories](https://9to5google.com/feature/exclusive/),\n\n[reviews](https://9to5google.com/guides/reviews/),\n\n[how-tos](https://9to5google.com/guides/how-to/), and\n\n[subscribe to our YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/9to5google)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pixel-screenshots-no-longer-exclusively-uses-on-device-ai", "canonical_source": "https://9to5google.com/2026/06/17/pixel-screenshots-cloud-ai/", "published_at": "2026-06-17 22:10:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-17 22:28:08.063617+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Google", "Pixel Screenshots", "Private AI Compute", "Gemini", "Tensor Processing Units", "Titanium Intelligence Enclaves", "Magic Cue", "Recorder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pixel-screenshots-no-longer-exclusively-uses-on-device-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pixel-screenshots-no-longer-exclusively-uses-on-device-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pixel-screenshots-no-longer-exclusively-uses-on-device-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pixel-screenshots-no-longer-exclusively-uses-on-device-ai.jsonld"}}