▶ How to make Waze talk

Facilitating travel, especially with vehicles, is the goal of navigation apps. One of the most popular is Waze, which, in addition to showing the recommended route, indicates it while you drive. In the event that you do not have voice command activated, we will tell you how to make Waze speak.

Waze is one of those navigation platforms that we can say has been in the shadow of Google Maps for many years, but this is something that does not diminish its importance, since has a user community of 140 million.

In the application you can see the instructions of the route on the screen, but if you need Waze to indicate you by voice, below we show you how to make Waze speak. The first thing you have to do is open the application and tap on “My Waze” at the bottom of the screen.

Then click on the gear icon that appears in the upper left corner of the screen. Then click on “Sounds and Voice”. Then in the "sounds" sectionmove the controller to where it says "Activated". Then scroll down to the bottom and move the "indication volume" to the right, so that it shows activated in green. Then exit this menu. You can check that the sound is activated by clicking on the speaker-shaped icon that appears to the right of “My Waze”.

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How to choose the Spanish language in Waze

You already know how to make Waze talk, but now we'll also show you how to choose the Spanish language in Waze. Just follow the instructions below.

Open Waze and click on “My Waze”, this command appears at the bottom of the screen. Lthen click on the gear icon in the upper left corner and choose the “Sound and Voice” section.

Now click on "Voice of Waze" and in the list that appears choose the Spanish language of Spain You can choose with the voice of Penelope who also tells you the streets or the choice of Joanna's voice. When the blue tick is next to the chosen name, you will already have it configured.

Why isn't Waze talking to me

If you open the Waze application no matter how many times there is no way for it to give you the navigation instructions, you will ask yourself: Why isn't Waze talking to me? We will answer you.

The main reason Waze doesn't give you voice directions and therefore doesn't speak to you is because you have the app's sound turned off Remember that you can activate it as we have told you before, from the "settings" menu by entering the "Sound and voice" section.

Why can't I hear Waze in the car

One of the advantages of Waze is that it can be connected to the vehicle if it is of the latest generation. But sometimes this connection is not without problems and the instructions may not be heard, so Why can't I hear Waze in the car? Next we tell you what may be happening.

The mobile device may not have been successfully connected to the car. Check the bluetooth connection or the USB cable that plugs into the car. Check that Waze has the vehicle option selected to play the instruction audio To do this, open Waze and click on the speaker icon next to “My Waze ”.Then press under where it says "listening" and choose the bluethoo of the vehicle.

This is how the Waze application warns of speed cameras

Once you know how to make Waze speak so you don't miss any information about your route we will tell you another important thing, the way in which Waze alerts you to speed cameras .

When you approach a speed camera Waze shows you a graphic signal on the screen and a sound that alerts you how close you are to the speed camera and the speed limit that is allowed, This is how the Waze application alerts you to speed cameras so you don't get caught and slow down before you get a ticket.

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