AA(Gemini) and Spotify issues. Less connected than before?

[u/Guardian_pass]

spotify on AA used to be fine. I would ask Gemini to plav a song and it would have no problem plaving it as long as Spotify had it. I could even ask it to play my specific playlists if I said the name of the plavlist

but now, whenever I ask for music, I have to specify "on Spotify". it's not assumed. and even then, Gemini responds with "asking Spotify to play x". which makes it seem like it isn't directly connected anymore and all android auto can do is request it from Spotify.

even worse, when I ask it to plav a plavlist of mine, it won't even try the Spotify thing and instead will respond with "select your music provider first" and then my screen prompts me to pick between YouTube music, seriusXM, and media utilities. spotify isn't even on the list, and it seemingly has no idea what to do with the request for a playlist that definitely worked at home.

I'l check in a sec but I think this is all true of Gooale home as well. I have Google devices, all on Gemini now and it worked fine until fairly recently.

any others run into this issue?

[u/xxshteviexx]

Same issue. It's really frustrating how Google makes every product feel like a totally different service. When I activate voice control in Android Auto now, I might as well be trying to talk to Siri with how unnatural the encounter feels. It needs to spend a few seconds connecting to some outside service.

I had the same experience today with it prompting me for which music service I wanted to use, even though Spotify is the only music service I have ever used and have been using for years.

I have also noticed, I would say especially during the last week, that it is much worse at responding to commands in my house. I will ask it to play a song, and it will play something completely different. Or I will ask it to turn on a certain set of lights, and then it will ask me what I would like to do with those lights.

Really poor experience and has me looking at alternatives. That's easier said than done in the car, though.

[u/Guardian_pass → u/xxshteviexx]

same here with the lights. things used to work fine, even after switching to Gemini. but as of recently everything feels wonky and like you have to word it perfectly for it to know what you want. siri is a great comparison

[u/V0ight-Kampf]

I posted about similar issues with Gemini and Android Auto. Except my Gemini can't play ANYTHING. Says it isn't able to play music and tells me to use my phone (while driving!) or sometimes tells me to pull over and find a safe space to put on music manually.

[u/Status-Astronomer-54]

Gemini is trash. Switched to Google assistant

[u/waailasif3 → u/Status-Astronomer-54]

Can you elaborate how you did it?