Sometimes it’s a chatterbox, turn here, do this, do that, but other times I can’t get it to speak directions, I’ve checked the volume on my phone, I’ve clicked the microphone icon, and…NOTHING, It seems random, except for talking when I sorta know where I’m going but dummying up when I have no clue.
That occasionally happens to me too. The only thing that seems to help is exiting the navigation, then making sure the volume is up, and restarting navigation from my current location.
If your phone is Bluetooth-connected to your car, Maps will play the sound through the Bluetooth connection. So if your car audio is off or is not set to Bluetooth, you won’t hear anything.
No, I think I’ve got the audio turned on and the Bluetooth setting is on.
When this happens to me, it’s usually when I’m driving through an area with no cell signal.
Well, if it were me, next time it happens I would turn off Bluetooth on the phone and see if you can hear the voice through the phone speaker. That would confirm or eliminate Bluetooth as a possible issue.
This happens in my Verizon phone sometimes. I have to clean up the memory on my phone, and it helps.
I have this issue too. I think if you are sitting still when you start it doesn’t talk. But if I’m already moving it seems to talk.
Possibly stating the obvious :
There are settings in Google Maps to determine how much the Google Lady is talkative while guiding you to a destination. If you’re using the phone application in car mode, this is determined by a little speaker-shaped icon you can click. You can have :
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– meaning mute -
! – meaning she will only talk to you about exceptional things : accidents, detours, maybe speed traps, etc., or a suddenly-discovered faster route -
– meaning she will guide you through every turn
However, in my experience, this setting remains the same from ride to ride, until you change it by touching the icon.
It’s a known bug for certain situations - I Googled it a long time ago when I was frustrated that my Samsung Galaxy with Verizon service wouldn’t give me verbal directions when synched with my car. There were suggestions on how to fix it, but they were kind of scarily technical, so I shrugged and decided I don’t care enough to do something that might screw things up.
If I’m on foot or in someone else’s car, Google maps talks to me. In my car, I just got a nice Weathertech mount so I can see the phone and follow the visuals.