[BeetleB]

Oh man. I made the mistake of converting my Google Home devices to Gemini.

The first problem is that it's just slow. If I want it to turn off some light, it takes a long time before responding.

But yeah, the failure to do basic tasks. I have a routine that I used to have it run (controls several devices at once). Now:

10-20% of the time it runs it.

60% of the time it says it's running it but it doesn't do anything.

20-30% of the time it says it can't do it unless I opt in to invasive permissions. And when I opted into them, it still failed about a third of the time. So I opted out again.

[recursive]

I don't know if it's related to Gemini, but sometimes the Android Auto tells me "I don't have permission to do that" simultaneously with actually doing the thing that is allegedly lacking permission. Sometimes I want to move off the grid.

[BeetleB]

Just recently got my first "modern" car.

Man, I hate touch screens. And I hate Android Auto. My previous car had an aftermarket Bluetooth system (radio, etc). It was way, way better than Android Auto or any entertainment system I've seen in any car.