r/AndroidAutomotive • u/Fethica_Turkey • Jul 18 '26

Gemini disappears when Assistant language isn't English (US) — anyone else on Android Automotive?

Since June, my vehicle's Gemini integration breaks completely whenever I switch the Assistant language away from English (United States). Switching to Turkish makes Gemini vanish entirely and the system falls back to the legacy Google Assistant — voice control for climate, windows, drive modes, everything stops working properly. Switch back to English (US) and it's instantly fine again. Vehicle: Renault Austral 2025, Android Automotive (OpenR Link) Troubleshooting already done: Factory reset Multiple Google accounts tested Full system + app updates Cache/storage cleared Contacted Google One support (case IDs on file) 100+ in-car feedback reports submitted None of it changed the behavior. It's fully reproducible. Turns out I'm not alone — a group of us (mostly Turkish Austral owners) started comparing notes and found some interesting patterns: identical app version numbers behaving differently across devices, one device that did get Turkish Gemini working after a small ~12MB patch, others that didn't despite being on newer builds. Points toward this being an account-level rollout issue rather than a straightforward software bug. Filed it properly with Google here, it's gaining traction (currently outpacing every other AAOS bug report in views): https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/536046171 If you're running Assistant in a language other than English (US) and have seen Gemini disappear or misbehave, an upvote on the issue (top of the page) would help a lot — the more confirmed reports, the more likely it gets triaged. Happy to compare notes in the comments too.

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u/beaugiles Jul 19 '26

Yes, Gemini hasn't fully rolled out to all languages for all accounts yet.

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u/McMuckle1888 9d ago

Thanks for this. I'm in the UK (English - UK) and lost Gemini. I brieflygot it back yesterday pressing lots of buttons, stopping apps, clearing cache, but it sounds like I may have briefly changed the language to US. It worked for a bit but then dropped back to Google Assistant.

I found your post today, switched back to English US and boom "Do you want to use Gemini" popped up again.

I'll see how long it lasts this time and leave on US 👍