# Deviated September (Monthly Mini-Rants)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** monthly-mini-rant\
**Created:** [September 1, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deviated-september-monthly-mini-rants/1032738 "2026-09-01T08:49:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deviated-september-monthly-mini-rants/1032738/96 "2026-09-10T02:51:13Z")

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I hate the new Google Maps voice. They gave it more vocal fry and more expressiveness to make it sound more human, but instead it just sounds more fake and more irritating. The only fix I’ve seen is to change the voice from Default (English) to English (US), but then it stops speaking the street names. The other option suggested is to change the voice on my Android phone, but the voice on my Android phone isn’t the same voice as the Google Maps.

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