Idk if its Samsung, android, or Google but fucking android auto has become aids lately and I blame AI.
Used to be i could do what I needed while driving by either tapping the search bar in Google map or saying "hey google" followed by a search term such as "movie theater" "fast food near me" "post office" etc and it would pull up the results in Google maps and give me the option to choose from a list or after a few seconds automatically start navigating to the first search result.
Now all I get is the stupid lady voice saying "sorry I did not understand" and i have to use fucking keywords. Even though i am searching in google fucking maps using google maps search feature, the search function is now actually fucking AI assisted and its searching my phone, not maps. If I am not careful a voice command can accidentally open a completely different app if my search term is close to the name of the app. I found that out when I said "hey Google, McDonald's" and the lady said "sorry, I cannot access the McDonald's app from this interface" like wtf??
So now i have to use keywords, such as "directions to taco bell" or "show me the route to my home". If I dont know a specific destination, I can no longer use "_____ near me" I have to specify Google maps. Such that the full command is now:
" hey Google, Google maps, search for restaurants near me"
And google maps will then say "opening google maps, there are 48 restaurants near me, navigate to x?"