{"id":117510,"date":"2026-05-04T07:49:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/google-finally-explains-why-aicore-uses-so-much-storage\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T07:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:51:10","slug":"google-finally-explains-why-aicore-uses-so-much-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/google-finally-explains-why-aicore-uses-so-much-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Google finally explains why AICore uses so much storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-content-wrapper=\"true\">\n<div class=\"e_f\">\n<div class=\"e_Jt\" style=\"max-width:1920px\"><picture class=\"e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;aspect-ratio:1920 \/ 1080\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disable-aicore-samsung-1.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disable-aicore-samsung-1-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disable-aicore-samsung-1-1000w-563h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disable-aicore-samsung-1-1536w-864h.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disable-aicore-samsung-1-675w-380h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disable-aicore-samsung-1-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disable-aicore-samsung-1-1280w-720h.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disable-aicore-samsung-1-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"e_Ov e_Kt\">\n<p>Andy Walker\/Android Authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\" class=\"e_Ui e_e e_L\">\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google has updated its support page to explain why AICore apps may be using up a lot of your storage.<\/li>\n<li>Google says that the app temporarily keeps both the new and old versions of the AI \u200b\u200bmodels in case there is an error in the new update.<\/li>\n<li>AICore enables on-device AI features like text summarization, writing tools, and proofreading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Google&#8217;s AICore app is vital to on-device AI on your Android phone, as it maintains and updates your device&#8217;s AI models. However, a frequent complaint is that the app can take up too much storage. Google has now shed more light on the issue, and it turns out that this is the intended behavior.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_pk e_ok\" data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t want to miss the best of <em>Android Authority<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_em\"><picture class=\"e_im e_jm e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><picture class=\"e_im e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>The search giant has updated it <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/android\/answer\/17065362\">AICore Help Page<\/a> To explain why the app size may become larger:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>You may sometimes find that this service uses a larger amount of storage than expected. This happens while the system is updating to a new version of the AI \u200b\u200bmodel in the background.<\/p>\n<p>To make sure features work reliably, your device temporarily keeps both the old and new versions of the model for up to three days. This fail-safe allows your phone to instantly revert to the older version if an error occurs with the new update, without having to download gigabytes of data again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Google says that the additional storage space is freed up automatically once the new Gemini Nano update is confirmed to be stable. So users don&#8217;t have to manually clear AICore storage after a few days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>This is a wise approach, as re-downloading old AI models can take a long time depending on your Internet connection. This approach also ensures that on-device AI features like transcription, smart replies, text summaries, and writing tools work normally in the event of a bad update.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Still, this feature isn&#8217;t ideal for Android phones that still come with 128GB of base storage. After all, some users have reported that AICore <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/1s2dy5x\/is_it_normal_that_ai_core_suddenly_reached_115gb\/\">Can take up to ~11GB storage<\/a>. So we hope Google comes up with an alternative solution for these phones. However, we also agree that Google and other Android OEMs bring 256GB of base storage to more AI-enabled phones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_Cc e_L\">\n<p>Thank you for being a part of our community. Please read our comment policy before posting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Walker\/Android Authority TL;DR Google has updated its support page to explain why AICore apps may be using up a lot of your storage. Google says that the app temporarily keeps both the new and old versions of the AI \u200b\u200bmodels in case there is an error in the new update. 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