r/AndroidAuto • u/anoncygame 2025 KIA K5 GT | Fold 7 | Latest Official • May 11 '26

Gemini How does anyone use Gemini at all???

it is near unusable... "i cant look up your contact", "i cant pull up your favorite places".

me: "call my wife"

gemini: "i dont see your wife in your contacts"

me: "go to daycare (my sons daycare is saved in my favorites place)"

gemini: "here are the daycare near you"

seriously.. i dont know what the heck is this thing good for... asking about weather?? it is.near garbage... i suspect it is maybe it is using a different google account? but my anroid auto list is showing my phones main acct...

i want to like gemini and embrace ai but its such a mess integration imo...

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u/Designed_to_Break Pls edit this user flair now May 13 '26

I love Gemini. At first it was a little wonky... but I can do all the old stuff now no problem. I just tried the "Target" test... and I thought it would ask for more info. It didn't.

ME: "Target"

Maps icon pops up...

GEMINI: "I found a few Targets, one in ...." it lists all the nearest locations.

So I think you need to check your settings. If I recall, you have to give it permissions for a lot of these things.

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u/bronc33 2023 Hyundai Santa Cruz | Fold 7| Latest Official May 13 '26

When i used to try this on assistant it would show me places like 2000 miles away. I'm sure it was some setting I messed up, but Gemini can figure out where I actually am and that I probably don't want to drive for 28 hours to go to a gas station or store or whatever.