I remember Chrome quietly downloading a 4GB AI model onto PCs. It raised plenty of eyebrows in May 2026. The next day, a Chrome executive clarified how on-device AI is core to its “developer & security strategy,” and that the model processes data locally.
Now, Chrome has updated its support documents to explain the download and, more importantly, include an option to stop it.
So what exactly changed in Chrome’s documentation?
Google has quietly updated Chrome’s On-device AI support page between July 29 and August 1 (via WindowsReport). As part of the update, it added four entirely new sections about eligibility requirements, download…
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