Gemini AI could be making its way into your car with Android Auto

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Gemini AI could be making its way into your car with Android Auto

Gemini artificial intelligence models continue to make their way into just about every

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

app and device, and it seems Android Auto could be the next in line for some added AI, as per code hidden in the latest Android Auto app for Android.

The code was spotted by

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, and mentions the sparkle icon that accompanies Gemini in most places. There’s also a mention of “kitt” – perhaps a nod to the AI **** built into the car in 80s TV show Knight Rider.

Other strings, including “Start conversation” and “GeminiLiveAssistantAction”, can also be found in the code, further evidence that Gemini will soon be available from any car dashboard that works with Android Auto.

Of course it would be no surprise if this is what

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

is planning: Gemini is slowly taking over from

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Assistant, or at least working alongside it, across all of the platforms and apps where

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

thinks AI might be helpful.

A new dashboard assistant

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==

Gemini is showing up across

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

’s products (Image credit:

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

)

With no official word from

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

yet, there’s no official time frame for this to roll out, but it shouldn’t be too long considering the pace at which

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

has been stuffing Gemini into its phones, its web apps, and everything else.

If and when it does arrive on Android Auto, you’ll be able to interact with Gemini in the same way you can in other places – and get back intelligent answers personalized to you, on a whole new level to the responses offered by

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Assistant.

However, it’s not clear which features might be limited to the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

One AI Premium plan ($20 / £18.99 / AU$32.99 per month). Right now, that’s a requirement to access the fully conversational capabilities of Gemini Live, for example.

Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.

As ever with AI, hallucinations will be a potential issue: Gemini in Android Auto could possibly reference

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Maps at certain points to make sure you don’t find yourself going the wrong way down a freeway or ending up at the wrong destination.

You might also like

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Gemini #making #car #Android #Auto

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up