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Song request via Google Assistant is terrible...

  • January 29, 2026
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brianesselbrugge
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When I’m driving in my car, with Android Auto and I ask Google Assistant (as an example) to play “Nina Simone - Feeling Good” I never get the first hit in the search… And there’s no way to get the good song… Even if I ask “ play Nina Simone on deezer”, where “Feeling Good” is the first hit, It starts to play another song and even other artists when I press next… 

Request: When I ask to play a song, it’s most of the times the first hit in the search. Play the first song in the search…

Request 2: When I ask to play an artist, play only that artist….


 

 

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      GropplerZorn
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      • GropplerZorn
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      • January 29, 2026

      Google Assistant, Siri, Alexa, you name it, they are all frustrating as 😈

      I don’t think it has anything to do with Deezer, but I agree with that part

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        brianesselbrugge
        Guitar Hero

        Google Assistant, Siri, Alexa, you name it, they are all frustrating as 😈

        I don’t think it has anything to do with Deezer, but I agree with that part

        Well, it’s a request Google is sending to Deezer, Isn’t Deezer handeling the request? Google can’t see what is first or second… Deezer decides what to play after the request…

        Same if you ask to play an artist… Google doesn’t know what is related to that artist in Deezer...

        GropplerZorn
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        • GropplerZorn
        • Superuser
        • January 29, 2026

        ​@brianesselbrugge you’re assuming Google is handling the request correctly

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        brianesselbrugge
        Guitar Hero

        ​@brianesselbrugge you’re assuming Google is handling the request correctly

        Yes. It’s deffinitly a Deezer thing. If I play a song from Mac Miller’s top songs, the next song is suddenly Tom Odell vs Zwette… Like WTF. I wanna play Mac Miller… 

        GropplerZorn
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        • GropplerZorn
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        • February 1, 2026

        ​@brianesselbrugge so you’ve tried using Google Assistant with Android Auto in the same way with another service and it works perfectly?

        I’m not being argumentative, but it seems like the only way to know.

        my opinion remains unchanged

        r/clonewars - Clanker.

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        brianesselbrugge
        Guitar Hero

        ​@brianesselbrugge so you’ve tried using Google Assistant with Android Auto in the same way with another service and it works perfectly?

        I’m not being argumentative, but it seems like the only way to know.

        my opinion remains unchanged

        r/clonewars - Clanker.

        My last comment was on the Mac App, not in the car. 

        GropplerZorn
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        • GropplerZorn
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        • February 2, 2026

        ​@brianesselbrugge  sounds as if we are now on an entirely different topic.

        are you talking about starting an “artist mix”?

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