The voice assistant on Android Auto will be taken over by Gemini simultaneously. However, the Android Automotive system will still retain Google Assistant for now.
As Google continues to promote generative AI services, Google Assistant, which has accompanied Android users for many years, is about to officially retire and will be fully replaced by the AI assistant Gemini in the future. Google has informed users via email that starting from September 4th at the earliest, some users will not be able to use Google Assistant services, and mobile phones, tablets and other devices will also be affected.
Since Android Auto mainly operates through Android phones, the retirement of Google Assistant also means that the voice assistant on Android Auto will be taken over by Gemini simultaneously. However, the Android Automotive system will still retain Google Assistant for now, and the usage of the two is different.
Google said that this adjustment is mainly due to the launch of Gemini. Compared with the traditional Google Assistant, Gemini is positioned as a more complete AI assistant. In the future, it hopes to provide more advanced voice interaction and operation capabilities through natural language understanding.
However, the actual use experience of Gemini on Android Auto has caused some driving complaints. The original article pointed out that many users reported that Gemini could not even stably complete basic functions such as making calls and sending messages. In some cases, Android Auto operated abnormally or even crashed.
What’s even more troubling is that although Google Assistant has often been criticized for being unable to execute commands correctly in the past, after the launch of Gemini, it has become a “backup solution” for some Android Auto users when they encounter problems. Since Gemini began to gradually introduce Android Auto in December last year, many users will still switch back to Google Assistant to handle simple tasks.
However, as Google officially stops the Google Assistant service, this retreat will also disappear, and Android Auto users will have to accept Gemini in the future. For drivers who rely heavily on voice operations, whether Gemini can improve stability and basic functions before officially taking over will become an important test for Google.
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