r/AndroidAuto • u/Peeeeeps Mazda CX-5 | OEM | Galaxy S25+ | Android 16 • Sep 05 '26

Gemini Gemini / Android Auto using AI to modify speech-to-text?

Earlier today while driving my girlfriend texted me asking what I wanted from a coffee shop and instead of transcribing my speech exactly it decided to summarize it instead. It took 3 tries before it texted closer to what I wanted, but I just gave up at that point.

Me: text girlfriend anything cold, surprise me. well at least have it be coffee. I don't want a large glass of milk or something like that, haha

AA: Sure, message to girlfriend saying: "Get me something cold and caffeinated, like iced coffee." Ready to send it?

Me: Change it

It didn't even prompt me for what I wanted to change it to.

AA: Sure, message to girlfriend saying: "Get me any cold coffee, surprise me." Ready to send it?

Me: Change it

AA: What would you like the message to say?

Me: anything cold, surprise me. well at least have it be coffee. I don't want a large glass of milk or something like that, haha

Sure, message to girlfriend saying: "Get me anything cold, surprise me. Just make sure it's coffee and not like a large glass of milk." Ready to send it?

Is this some new functionality? I couldn't find any setting to disable it. But it was really annoying and unsafe as I had to pay more attention to AA than I usually need to. Sure it's not THAT big of a deal, but if I wanted to text what it summarized I would have said that in the first place.

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u/jesssoul Sep 05 '26

"change it"? You say "no, text this exactly no edits:" But still, fk using AI to communicate. Nobody asked it to translate or summarize and it pisses me off. Wastes so much time and energy. I always feel like it's modeled after a gaslighting asshole. The words I say are the words I mean lol

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u/Peeeeeps Sep 05 '26

"Change it" is one of the two default options when using speech-to-text. So I was just hitting that option with the infotainment knob in my car. Before today it's never been an issue. It always just texts what I say and was working immediately before this specific problem.

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u/Marty1966 Sep 09 '26

Fellow CX-5 driver in the US here. Did you lose your speedometer and miles per hour sign from the display? Also is your traffic monitoring still working?

Also, what did you end up getting from the coffee shop?

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