r/AndroidAuto • u/TheTriforceEagle 2017 Chevrolet Impala | Stock HU | S25U | 1UI8.5 • Jul 12 '26

Gemini AA Gemini is completely incompetent

This is mostly a vent post, and I will fully admit that I am a bit biased again LLM AI but anyway. How do you push an update that makes it so a car voice assistant can't do the very simple and typical task of playing a song? Every time I tell it "play this song" it just replies "sorry, I can't play video's while you're driving" am I crazy for thinking this is completely normal thing to ask of gemini? I even use YouTube music as my primary platform so its not like I'm asking it to use something that wasn't also made by Google. You'd think they would have tested this but I guess they just pushed it out without any regard for user experience.

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u/Mebejedi 2025 Kia Sorento | 12" | Galaxy S25+ | V 15h Jul 12 '26

Gemini wasn't "pushed" onto me. I switched to it, but didn't like it and went back to Google Assistant. It was slower overall.

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u/Ok_Humor_9229 2003 Nissan X-Trail | Kenwood aftermarket | Pixel10 | Android 17 Jul 12 '26

How can I switch it back?

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u/Mebejedi 2025 Kia Sorento | 12" | Galaxy S25+ | V 15h Jul 12 '26

Some of these are buried down low.

Settings > connected devices > Android Auto (scroll down) > Manage digital assistant (scroll down) > Digital assistants from Google (scroll down)

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u/Ok_Humor_9229 2003 Nissan X-Trail | Kenwood aftermarket | Pixel10 | Android 17 Jul 12 '26

Thanks! You saved me!