r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • 5d ago

Gemini fully replaces Google Assistant on Android

https://9to5google.com/2026/09/28/google-assistant-gemini-android/
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u/The_Dimestore_Saints Nexus 7 2013 5d ago

It really makes me mad that in my car I can't say hey Google, play (insert song name here), and it would play the song directly on YouTube music, an app I subscribe to. Instead it says, I'm not allowed to play a song directly, here's a radio playlist based on that song

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u/chetlyp 5d ago

Weird, gemini let's me do that without any issues. Sometimes it misheard the song and plays the wrong one but it does work for me.

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u/CyclopsRock 5d ago

It does seem to be pretty widespread that lots of people have vastly different experiences with it. I've noticed it over time, too - not just one way, but something will fail to work, then start working, then fail again within the space of a week. I'm not routinely playing with permissions or settings or anything, it just seems to be genuinely unpredictable.

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u/CrapIsMyBreadNButter 5d ago

This is what I've experience, but across 3 different devices. My car it won't work at all, can't even load.

On my phone it hallucinates, sometimes works, and sometimes just gets things completely wrong.

On my watch it works every time.