Some weeks ago my car's Android Auto system upgraded itself from Google Assistant to Google Gemini. This has been mildly annoying, until I needed urgent medical care.
I didn't mind too much, that when I asked to be navigated somewhere Gemini would give me a tediously detailed description of the building, before asking if I wanted directions there. However, this week I was on the highway and needed urgent, but not life threatening, medical attention. So I asked Gemini the waiting time at the nearest Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, run by the ACT Government.. I was impressed when Gemini immediately responded that there was no waiting time and no patients in the queue. So I headed there, only to find a queue of 8 and a 45 minute wait. It actually took 2 hours to be seen, but then I received excellent care and am fine.
Had Gemini given correct information, I could have chosen a different medical service. Had my condition proved more serious, the outcome could have been much worse (last time I left the same clinic in an ambulance).
I have switched off Google Gemini in Android Auto.
