Gemini AI Lands in Android Auto — Here's How It Could Change Your Drive

Google is bringing AI conversations to drivers in 45 countries with an update to Android Auto that adds the company’s Gemini software as a passenger.

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The ambitious global rollout to a potential 250 million Android Auto customers will be available to those who’ve upgraded their phone’s Google Assistant to Gemini AI. Once enabled, Gemini will be able to engage in hands-free conversations with drivers who want to do things like get recommendations for activities at their destination, sort through emails, or compose and edit texts while driving.

In a blog post, the company offered five ways to use the new features. They include asking for recommended stops while on a route, composing or editing messages (including translations for 40 languages), looking for things in your Gmail inbox or Google Calendar, creating music playlists, or rehearsing a speech on the way to, say, a…