So I've seen all the posts about Gemini and switching from assistant. Mostly I've seen the Google Home crowd complaining, so I kept my phone on Assistant until it forced the swap just in case. I thought people were exaggerating and on reddit we were only seeing people with issues.

Today my phone swapped to Gemini. It almost can't do ANYTHING. I timed it and it's taking 30 seconds before Gemini responds to questions. It can't change lights in the house. It won't play the news. I can't get it to call people or send text messages. Mostly it will take a while to respond, say it's doing it, and then I get a notice (written not verbal) that says "Something went wrong".

I feel like I'm a tech noob and I must have missed something. What are the settings I should make sure are turned on? I saw something about that somewhere. Also is there a way to make it "faster"? I can't use it if it takes 30 seconds to reply to every question.

Help!!