Configure voice notifications
You can set up voice notifications for car routes.
Setting up sounds and volume
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Tap (profile picture). If you aren't logged in, tap .
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Tap Settings → Sounds and alerts.
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Set the options you need. In the app, you can:
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Set up voice navigation:
— Turn on all sounds.
— Get fewer hints on familiar routes.
— Only get notifications about cameras and road events.
— Turn off all sounds. -
Adjust the volume of notifications, voice navigation, and other sounds in the app by selecting Low, Mid, or High.
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Manage sound volume during notifications:
On Android devices
- Turn down music and other sounds
- Pause music
- Do nothing (music and notifications will play at the same time)
On iOS devices
- Turn down music and other sounds
- Do nothing (music and notifications will play at the same time)
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Select the language (same language as in the app or a different one). For Russian and Turkish, the app supports voice search.
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Select the speaker's voice. By default, it's Jack. You can download a voice that you like from the available options. If a downloaded voice doesn't support a prompt, it will be read by Jack instead.
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Get fewer hints on familiar routes
This option is enabled by default.
A route is considered familiar after you take it 5 times. The following annotations are disabled on such routes:
- Hints about traffic lanes.
- Hints that help you maneuver.
- Hints for residential areas.
To get more hints on familiar routes:
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Tap (profile picture). If you aren't logged in, tap .
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Tap Settings → Sounds and alerts.
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Configure the option: tap to enable all hints on routes.
Speeding notifications
To set up the sound notification for speeding:
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Tap (profile picture). If you aren't logged in, tap .
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Tap Settings → Sounds and alerts.
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Enable Speed limit.
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Move the slider to choose the point over the speed limit. If you exceed this value, the app will notify you of the limit and speed cameras.
Note
To enable speed camera notifications, turn on the Speed cameras option.
There are no voice alerts for speed cameras
Check the value you set for exceeding speed limit in Warn when exceeding speed limit. For example, you've set the slider to +15 km/h. This means that if there's a 60 km/h section, you'll receive a speed camera notification when your speed reaches 75 km/h.
Notifications about speed cameras
By default, the app notifies you of all speed cameras. To set up sound notifications:
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Tap (profile picture). If you aren't logged in, tap .
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Tap Settings → Sounds and alerts.
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Select the cameras you want to receive notifications about.
Available notifications
- Speed cameras
- Road marking cameras
- Speed traps
- Lane monitoring cameras
- Intersection monitoring cameras
Note
You hear notifications about intersection monitoring cameras if your speed is above 30 km/h.
Notifications about road events
By default, all notifications are on. To set up sound notifications:
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Tap (profile picture). If you aren't logged in, tap .
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Tap Settings → Sounds and alerts.
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Select the road events you want to receive notifications about.
Available notifications
- Dangerous road sections
- Road work
- Accident
- School zones
- No passing zones
- Watch out for pedestrians
- Dangerous intersections
- Railway crossings