By Ben Schoon
Publication Date: 2026-01-13 17:30:00
As all attention moves over to Gemini, the experience of Google Assistant just continues to crumble, and that’s getting especially bad for Android Auto users as of late.
Google announced in November 2025 that Gemini would start rolling out to Android Auto “over the coming months.” And it has indeed arrived for quite a few people, with mixed reactions thus far. Personally, I’ve found it useful that Gemini on Android Auto is more interactive than Assistant, acting as a good sounding board or brainstorming tool while driving, but there are some clear issues as well. For instance, Gemini doesn’t interact as directly with Android Auto apps, leading to experiences where you might ask Gemini to navigate to a location and, after you complete the task with the touchscreen, the AI keeps babbling on until you manually stop it.
But the simple fact is that, even nearing two months after Google’s announcement, Gemini still isn’t widely available on…
