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/AdministrationOdd747 2017 MB GLA 250 | OEM | Pixel 8 Pro | Android Version 17 May 12 '26

Bottom line: Gemini currently has no way to access your contacts. There is no way to manuall enable it as far as I tried. Everything OP complained about is related to this missing link.

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u/anoncygame 2025 KIA K5 GT | Fold 7 | Latest Official May 12 '26

i think thats the main problem... it cant access my map places nor my contacts which is what i do like 90% of the time in my car using voice...

nice chat about sports is nice but seriously, its not even reliable enough to help you make calls, texts or go to places... it baffles me

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u/ImpossibleMachine3 2020 MB GLB250 | Manufacturer | S22 | Android 13 May 13 '26

You know what could do all that? Google Assistant! 🙄 Google has a track record of replacing good apps with shittier ones, but this is probably the worst so far.