Google Gemini is coming to more cars, but some consumers aren’t cheering

• Volvo, Polestar, and GM all recently announced Gemini in cars
• Reddit users have piled in to express their distrust
• Early feedback suggests the system can be slow and clunky

Volvo, Polestar, and General Motors have recently announced that they have begun rolling out Google Gemini to infotainment systems across their collective automotive portfolios, bringing free-flowing conversations and vehicle-specific information into vehicles with Google built in.

Gemini, which is the company’s much-hyped AI assistant, is pitched to go far beyond the typical clunky manufacturer voice assistants that a vast swathe of the driving population has come to despise.

Despite attempts to reduce driver distraction by enabling select voice commands to activate things like the air conditioning or change a radio station, they have often proven frustrating, as multiple commands need to be used, or the software simply gives up and admits it can’t help.

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