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On a Pixel 10 (Tensor G5), every LiteRT model runs on the CPU. Two things combine:
litert.ts rewrites every NPU request to GPU.

LiteRTModule skips the GPU on Pixel 10 because of the open LiteRT crash (Google's Gallery app skips it too).
The phone's TPU is reachable through LiteRT-LM's NPU backend, but nothing ever asked for it, and the app couldn't have loaded it anyway.

This PR routes LiteRT models compiled for this phone's Tensor generation (…_Google_Tensor_G5.litertlm) to the TPU. Every other model loads exactly as before; the release rule that a saved NPU setting loads on GPU still holds.

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AndroidManifest.xml: declares libedgetpu_litert.so, libedgetpu_util.so, libedgetpu_client.google.so and libedgetpu_tachyon.google.so (the set Google's Gallery app declares). LiteRT's Tensor dispatch library dlopen()s them; undeclared, the app's linker namespace refuses them. All required="false".
build.gradle: adds com.google.ai.edge.litert:litert-npu-runtime-google-tensor:2.3.0 (non-transitive) for libLiteRtDispatch_GoogleTensor.so. litertlm-android doesn't ship it; Google's Pixel 10 TPU sample bundles it the same way.

Version: LiteRT-LM 0.17.1 is built on LiteRT 9fe5be45, whose dispatch API (litert_dispatch_api.h, API 0.1.0) is identical to 2.3.0's.

The runtime's on-device compiler plugin is excluded: only ahead-of-time compiled TPU models are loaded.
LiteRTModule.getTpuSupport / TensorTpu.kt: detects the Tensor generation (SOC_MODEL, then SoC/device codenames), requires Android 16+, and checks the dispatch library is in nativeLibraryDir. The reason is logged when the TPU can't be used. Pure detection lives in TensorTpu.kt, with JVM unit tests.

NPU tier: vision runs on the NPU alongside the decoder. If an NPU load with vision/audio fails, it retries text-only on the NPU before falling back a tier (both as Google's Pixel 10 TPU sample does). loadModel now reports the vision/audio it actually came up with.

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  • New Features
    • Added a Gemma 4 model optimized for Tensor G5 devices, with a 4,096-token context limit.
    • Model lists now show builds compatible with the device and explain when CPU fallback is available.
    • LiteRT can use the Tensor TPU for matching models and reports the capabilities available after loading.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Image and audio requests are rejected when the loaded model does not support them, rather than being sent for generation.

claude added 5 commits October 7, 2026 22:43
On a Pixel 10 every LiteRT load ended on the CPU: JS rewrote any NPU
request to GPU, and native skips the GPU on Pixel 10 (open LiteRT crash).
The Tensor G5 TPU, reachable through LiteRT-LM's NPU backend, was never
used.

- Manifest: declare the libedgetpu_* vendor libraries LiteRT's Tensor
  dispatch library loads; undeclared, the linker namespace refuses them.
- LiteRTModule.getTpuSupport: Tensor generation (SOC_MODEL, then SoC/device
  codenames), Android 16+, and the dispatch library present in the APK.
  Pure detection lives in TensorTpu.kt with JVM unit tests.
- NPU tier: vision runs on the NPU with the decoder, and the engine retries
  text-only on the NPU before falling to a slower tier (both as Google's
  Pixel 10 TPU reference app does). loadModel reports the media it came up
  with; JS adopts it and refuses images a text-only engine would drop.
- litert.ts: a file compiled for this phone's Tensor generation
  (..._Google_Tensor_G5.litertlm) loads on the TPU. Any other NPU request
  still loads on GPU, as before.
- Catalog: Gemma 4 E2B Tensor G5 build, listed only on a Tensor G5 phone
  (Models tab and onboarding). Not yet pinned to a Hugging Face commit or
  exact size; tracks main.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017BbwQk6htC5Q6UNdKk2m8H
The Models tab now asks hardwareService.getTensorTpuGeneration(); mocks that
replace the whole service answer like a non-Tensor phone (null).

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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017BbwQk6htC5Q6UNdKk2m8H
…ext-only TPU loads

Pre-PR review found:
- litertlm-android does not ship libLiteRtDispatch_GoogleTensor.so (Google's
  Pixel 10 TPU sample bundles it), so getTpuSupport always reported
  dispatch_lib_missing and the TPU path never ran. Add
  litert-npu-runtime-google-tensor 2.3.0 (LiteRT-LM 0.17.1's LiteRT has the
  same dispatch API), non-transitive, without the on-device compiler plugin.
- The text-only image guard only covered the no-tools path; with default
  tools on, images still reached native and were dropped. Move the check to
  the single send gate (localModelAcceptsImages) and the vision affordance
  (activeTextCapabilities) via liteRTService.loadedTextOnly(path).
- The Pixel 10 banner promised a TPU build on phones (Pixel 10a, Tensor G4)
  that have none listed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017BbwQk6htC5Q6UNdKk2m8H
…-only

The send gate runs before the lazy model load, so on the first image turn
(and on resends and model fallback) it could not yet know the TPU load would
drop vision, and native discarded the image silently. sendMessage, which
generateRaw and the tool loop also use, now rejects image turns when the
loaded engine has no vision.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017BbwQk6htC5Q6UNdKk2m8H
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The app detects Tensor TPU availability and generation on Android. It adds a Tensor G5 LiteRT model and filters curated models by device compatibility. LiteRT loading selects a backend based on the model target and reports effective vision and audio capabilities.

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Tensor TPU LiteRT support

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Native Tensor TPU detection
android/app/build.gradle, android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml, android/app/src/main/java/ai/offgridmobile/litert/*, android/app/src/test/java/ai/offgridmobile/litert/*, __tests__/harness/nativeBoundary.ts
Android packaging adds Google Tensor runtime artifacts. The native module checks TPU eligibility, reports support, tracks initialization failures, and configures NPU loading.
Device-aware curated model selection
src/utils/modelHelpers.ts, src/services/curatedLiteRTRegistry.ts, src/services/hardware.ts, src/screens/ModelsScreen/TextModelsTab.tsx, __tests__/unit/services/curatedLiteRTTensorTpu.test.ts, __tests__/integration/models/tensorTpuLiteRTOnboarding.rendered.test.tsx, __tests__/integration/models/curatedLiteRTMemoryWarning.rendered.test.tsx, __tests__/rntl/navigation/AppNavigator.test.tsx
The registry adds a Tensor G5 model and a device-compatibility check. The models screen filters LiteRT options by detected generation and updates the Pixel 10 banner. Tests cover compatibility and onboarding visibility.
Backend selection and effective capabilities
src/services/litert.ts, src/services/engines.ts, src/services/activeModelService/loaders.ts, android/app/src/main/java/ai/offgridmobile/litert/LiteRTModule.kt, __tests__/integration/settings/liteRTReleaseBackends.rendered.test.tsx, __tests__/unit/hooks/useChatModel*.test.ts, __tests__/unit/services/activeModelService.loaders.branches.test.ts, __tests__/unit/services/curatedLiteRTContextLimit.test.ts
LiteRT selects NPU for matching Tensor-targeted models. Load results record effective vision and audio support. Text-only loads reject image and audio inputs when unsupported. Curated context limits cap the load token limit.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant TextModelsTab
  participant hardwareService
  participant LiteRTModule
  participant TensorTpu
  participant curatedLiteRTRegistry
  TextModelsTab->>hardwareService: getTensorTpuGeneration()
  hardwareService->>LiteRTModule: getTpuSupport()
  LiteRTModule->>TensorTpu: check device generation and eligibility
  TensorTpu-->>LiteRTModule: generation and support reason
  LiteRTModule-->>hardwareService: TPU support result
  hardwareService-->>TextModelsTab: generation or null
  TextModelsTab->>curatedLiteRTRegistry: check file compatibility
  curatedLiteRTRegistry-->>TextModelsTab: compatibility result
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// or audio executor can't start there, rather than dropping to a far slower tier.
if (backend is Backend.NPU && (visionEnabled || audioEnabled)) {
Log.i(TAG, "initializeWithFallback — $name retrying text-only")
if (tryInitBackend(modelPath, backend, name, visionEnabled = false, audioEnabled = false)) return backend

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject audio turns after a text-only fallback.

If an audio-enabled NPU load fails but this retry succeeds, supportsAudio becomes false. A later audio-only call to sendMessageWithAudio("", …) then drops the audio in buildSendContents and sends Contents.of(""). The caller receives no indication that the audio was lost. Reject unsupported audio input before sending, or preserve an audio-capable fallback for that request.

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claude added 3 commits October 8, 2026 02:57
…token context

- Pin gemma-4-E2B-it_Google_Tensor_G5.litertlm to Hugging Face commit
  b3ca0d2f (3,113,545,589 bytes, sha256 af108298...).
- Its TPU graph has a fixed 4096-token KV cache (every prefill_128 / decode /
  verify signature). LiteRT-LM's NPU executor silently clamps a larger
  maxNumTokens, so JS kept a larger budget than the engine had. Declare the
  limit on the entry, and have the LiteRT loader cap the requested context at
  a curated build's own limit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017BbwQk6htC5Q6UNdKk2m8H
… load attempts

- CodeRabbit: after a text-only TPU fallback, an audio turn would reach the
  model as empty text. sendMessage now refuses audio when the loaded engine
  has none, like images. (The app sends no audio to LiteRT today; this keeps
  the engine honest if that changes.)
- SonarCloud (kotlin:S3776): initializeWithFallback's cognitive complexity
  rose to 21. Move one tier's retries and the NPU text-only retry into
  tryTier; behavior unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017BbwQk6htC5Q6UNdKk2m8H
Findings from Pixel factory images and LiteRT sources:
- Every Tensor G3+ Pixel reports SOC_MODEL "Tensor G<n>" with
  SOC_MANUFACTURER "Google" (Pixel 10 family: "Tensor G5"; Pixel 10a:
  "Tensor G4"). The codename fallback never matched on real Pixels and
  false-matched other vendors' devices ("mustang", "rango"); drop it and
  require the Google manufacturer.
- LiteRT's own NPU check excludes Android 16 builds starting BP2A; mirror it.
- Field reports show the process aborting (SIGABRT) when the TPU runtime is
  unusable. Probe that libedgetpu_litert loads before offering the TPU, and
  mark TPU loads in flight: two loads in a row that never returned turn the
  TPU off for this install instead of crashing on every load.
- A TPU build's graphs are TPU bytecode, so an NPU request no longer falls
  back to GPU/CPU (which cannot run it) or retries (each attempt re-maps a
  3 GB model), and its fixed KV cache is not shrunk by the free-RAM clamp.
- build.gradle: state the 0.17.1 / 2.3.0 dispatch compatibility precisely.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017BbwQk6htC5Q6UNdKk2m8H
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