OT: "Maps" on iphone won't talk

[Retired711]

I have "maps" on my iphone. When I put in a route, I will hear "starting route.' I then do not get any voice instructions although the phone shows the route and the turns. When I check settings, "spoken directions" is on "louder volume." This occasionally happens on my wife's phone as well. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Tango Two]

I have "maps" on my iphone. When I put in a route, I will hear "starting route.' I then do not get any voice instructions although the phone shows the route and the turns. When I check settings, "spoken directions" is on "louder volume." This occasionally happens on my wife's phone as well. Any ideas? Thanks!

https://support.google.com/maps/answer/11523237?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=iOS

 

[Retired711]

https://support.google.com/maps/answer/11523237?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=iOS

This is very helpful! A question: am I right in thinking that these instructions are for Google Maps, not for the "Maps" icon on the Iphone? I can use these instructions for Google Maps, but i don't see a preferences setting for Maps or a way to tell it not to use Bluetooth. Will the settings for Google Maps also apply to Maps?

Again, thank you so much!

 

[newell138]

Try Waze

 

[Retired711]

Try Waze

Thanks! I've heard both good and bad about it -- the bad being that it will give you a very complex route for the sake of saving a minute.

 

[rutgersguy1_rivals]

Maybe this. Also try rebooting your phone.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254218916?=undefined&previousThread=253864395021&sortBy=rank

 

[kupuna133]

Is this a pre emptive post to the next seeking directions from cherry hill to …..?

 

[Retired711]

Is this a pre emptive post to the next seeking directions from cherry hill to …..?

No, but sometimes folks up north like yourself have better ideas how to get somewhere than the GPS does.

 

[DJ Spanky]

-- the bad being that it will give you a very complex route for the sake of saving a minute.

Waze is not the only one guilty of that. It annoys me to no end that many mapping programs will send you over a complex route just to save you a hairsbreadth in time and/or distance. Just a few weeks ago, heading to a friend's house for only the 2nd time in probably 8-10 years, Google Maps was suggesting 4 turns through various side roads to get from one main road to another instead of just taking the first main road until it ended on the second one. And that saved .3 miles in distance traveled. Really?

 

[kupuna133]

No, but sometimes folks up north like yourself have better ideas how to get somewhere than the GPS does.

Glad to hear. I’ll keep my eye out for that thread. I actually enjoy that yearly thread. But hate it when someone shares secret back roads.