- Gemini calls stopped working on Android Auto for some
- Many users are returning to Google Assistant
- Google promises that a fix is now in progress to resolve the issue.
Gemini hasn’t been available through the Android Auto dashboard for a long time, but users are now having issues making calls through the AI Assistant – and some are even switching back to the old Google Assistant out of frustration.
As spotted by 9to5Google, several reports of this issue are popping up online. When attempting to call through Gemini on Android Auto, an error message appears: “Something went wrong. Please try again.”
This also seems to affect calls made by Gemini on Android itself to some extent. Although this phenomenon is widely reported, it does not seem to affect everyone, and in some cases it comes and goes intermittently.
This Reddit thread details a few workarounds that might work: either reverting to Google Assistant or uninstalling the most recent updates to the Google app on Android. The problem seems to have appeared quite suddenly.
A fix coming?
An error occurred when making calls via the Gemini app and Android Auto. from r/GoogleGeminiAI
It’s fair to say that the move to Gemini hasn’t been perfectly smooth, which is perhaps to be expected when millions of devices are all moving from one AI assistant to another. Gemini also struggled to master smart home devices.
Reactions online have been overwhelmingly negative as users are left without functionality in their cars. “The whole Gemini migration was a dumpster fire,” said one commenter on Reddit, while “absolute rubbish” was another big post.
There is light at the end of the tunnel. An official Google post on Reddit suggests that a patch is being rolled out to fix the issue, although the comment immediately below indicates that the bug persists, even after the update.
If you’re having this problem and don’t want to uninstall updates or go back to Google Assistant, all you have to do (hopefully) is sit tight: make sure to apply any updates to Android and the Google and Gemini apps on your phone, as they appear.
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