{"id":277784,"date":"2025-11-07T19:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/277784\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T19:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:06:17","slug":"gemini-in-android-auto-is-happening-for-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/277784\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemini in Android Auto is Happening for Some"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Android Auto is getting Gemini and the rollout to users like you and I may have begun. A handful of folks claim to have been given the option to switch to Gemini in their cars this week.<\/p>\n<p>We first heard about the switch to Gemini in Android Auto back in May around Google I\/O. Google said at the time that Gemini was coming to not only its automotive products, but Wear OS and Google TV too. We\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2025\/07\/09\/google-gemini-wear-os-assistant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">already seen the switch to Gemini<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2025\/09\/22\/google-tv-gemini\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">both of those products<\/a>, so Auto is really all that is left from that initial announcement.<\/p>\n<p>A small group of reddit users claim to have been greeted with a button press that activated the welcome introduction and allowed the switch. After reading through their entire thread, not many have pushed its limits or done much testing, they simply were able to switch. Things are apparently working as they should, although features like Gemini Live aren\u2019t working yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2025\/11\/07\/gemini-in-android-auto-is-happening-for-some\/gemini-android-auto-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-312053 nofollow noopener\" data-slb-active=\"1\" data-slb-asset=\"1199428950\" data-slb-internal=\"312053\" data-slb-group=\"312051\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-312053\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Gemini Android Auto\" width=\"980\" height=\"628\" data-wp-pid=\"312053\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gemini-Android-Auto-980x628.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As someone who typically doesn\u2019t find Gemini to be that useful, I have to admit that this is one of the integrations I am impatiently waiting for. Just the other day I needed to hit up IKEA in Portland, which is the complete opposite side of the city for me and anywhere from a 25-30 minute drive. I plugged that into Google Maps, but realized I needed to stop at FedEx first to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2025\/11\/05\/i-bought-the-galaxy-xr-and-im-already-sending-it-back\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drop off my Galaxy XR return<\/a>. I then said, \u201cHey Google, I need to stop at FedEx on the way,\u201d which it responded to by saying, \u201cSorry, I don\u2019t understand.\u201d I tried one more of, \u201cAdd a stop to FedEx\u201d and it failed again. I also couldn\u2019t manually add a stop while driving, as that feature is locked. It was at this moment I said to myself, \u201cDamn bro, you found it \u2013 an actual use of Gemini in your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, I have no way of knowing if Gemini will be able to add a stop on my trip, but it should, right? The idea of Gemini is to be more powerful, but also to take a more natural conversation and still get things done. We\u2019ll see \u2013 I am hopeful, though.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone seeing Android Auto and Gemini together at last? Send us those pics if you do.<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/AndroidAuto\/comments\/1opoieb\/got_gemini_tonight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reddit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"63\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Add Droid Life as a preferred source on Google\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark-200.png\"\/><\/a>      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Android Auto is getting Gemini and the rollout to users like you and I may have begun. 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