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The best small LLMs for Android
Qwen, Gemma, LFM, InternVL and more - the open-source models worth downloading for on-device AI on Android, ranked by use case.
For speed: sub-1B models
Qwen 3.5 0.8B and LFM2.5 1.2B answer near-instantly on any hardware. Perfect first downloads - they make offline AI feel like autocomplete.
For balance: 2-4B
Qwen 3.5 2B/4B, Gemma 4 E4B and LFM2.5 2.6B hit the sweet spot of quality per gigabyte. On a mid-range phone this is the tier to live in for everyday chat.
For photos: vision models
InternVL 3.5, LLaVA-OV, MiniCPM-V 4 and Ovis 2.5 understand images - chat about screenshots, documents and photos entirely on-device.
For hard problems: reasoning models
Qwen3 4B Thinking, Phi-4 Mini Reasoning and the 8-12B tier (Qwen3 8B, Gemma 4 12B) trade speed for visibly deeper, step-by-step answers. All of these run in Local AI - browse the full list on our models page.
Local AI: Private Offline Chat
A full AI chat that runs entirely on your phone — no internet, no account, no cloud.
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