I have Gemini as my assistant and I'm having problems with it. I have every feature enabled to be able to use assistant hands free this includes:
Gemini on lock screen
"Hey Google"
The thing is, even my side button no longer works for my assistant whether it's locked or not. If I hold the button for assistant it pops Gemini up but doesn't activate the mic, if it's locked it shows the white border, then nothing happens, but when I unlock it Gemini is popped up. Also if I say "Hey Google" when the phone is locked nothing happens at all, no listening noise from Google and nothing on the screen, but when I do unlock my phone Gemini is open and the mic starts recording from when I unlocked, which I know because of the prompt it shows only started after the unlock.
I have checked all my settings and I can get it to work briefly for a moment sometimes by turning "Hey Google" off and on again or resetting my settings, but I shouldn't have to! Please help me guys, I use this feature when I'm at work a lot. Also using Google Assistant is off the table.
EDIT: I am on a Galaxy S25 running the latest update.