I'm an iPhone user, but Gemini with Android Auto beats Siri in the car any day - here's why

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As an iPhone owner, I primarily use Siri through CarPlay when I'm driving. Apple's voice assistant can handle basic tasks like giving me turn-by-turn directions, making phone calls, sending texts, checking my calendar, creating reminders, and playing music and podcasts. For more challenging questions that stump Siri, I've been turning to ChatGPT.

But since my Toyota Camry supports Android Auto as well, I wanted to see how Google Gemini would fare as my in-car assistant. With that in mind, I've been using Gemini with my Android phone when I'm behind the wheel. I've given it a variety of tasks to perform and questions to answer.

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