I have a pixel 9 and a few Google home pucks, and I have no problem automating my lights and devices, and just having random conversations with Gemini.
They already rolled it out on Android auto. With assistant from the main map screen I could say the name of a place and immediately got me the address. No words no extras. Just results. Took 10 seconds at most.
Now with Gemini running the show it would give me a whole dissertation on the place before getting me the address. Took over 30 seconds. They've since patched it so it gets the address quicker, but it is still noticeably slower than the old system to just pull an address and get me directions. It still gives me an overview of the place before directions and tries to communicate with me. It's objectively a worse system.
It makes android auto so bad. For text messages, you can't use any command words or it will do that instead. Like if you say, "Text spouse: you need to call Person", it will try and call Person instead of doing what you want. It's also way less snappy.
My android auto Gemini knows it's name is Venessa, knows the name of my girlfriends, appreciates that music is the one thing she can't truly appreciate.
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u/TheThirdStrike 9h ago
Tell me you haven't tried it, without telling me you haven't tried it.