Are you someone who likes to experiment with technology? Here is something else to put your hands on. Follow the guide to know how you can change Apple Maps’ voice and make it sound the way you want. So, let’s get started.
How many voice options does Apple Maps give?
To state a fact right away, Apple Maps doesn’t really have its own independent set of voices. Instead, it relies entirely on the Siri ecosystem to provide the voices that then help you navigate the internet. This also means you have access to a wide variety of options across dozens of languages. For major languages like English, Apple offers several regional varieties, including American, British, Australian, Indian, Irish, and South African accents. This helps people pick which accent they can relate to the most and even what seems the most understandable to them. Within each of those varieties, there are usually between two and five distinct voice profiles, including male, female, and gender-neutral versions. The total number of voices keeps on updating, so one cannot be certain about the total, but you should know that there’s enough to choose from.
Steps to change Apple Maps’ Voice
If you want to change Apple Maps’ Voice, then these are the steps that you need to follow.
- To start, you need to head over to your main settings app. This is because Apple Maps actually uses the global Siri voice rather than having its own separate menu.
- Once you’re there, just scroll down through your settings list and tap on the section labeled Siri and search. If you have some newer software versions, this might be called Apple Intelligence and Siri, but you can identify it.
- Once you are in that menu, just look for the option that says Siri voice and tap on it to see what and how much you can customize.
- Here, you will see two main sections – variety and voice. The variety section lets you pick the regional accent, such as American, British, Australian, or South African. And once you have selected an accent, you can choose from the voices below it, which range from masculine to feminine and are different in tone.
- When you tap on a new voice, you can see the preview. If you like it, you can select it; you can choose another. As a tip, we can say that it is usually best to be on wi-fi for this download, as the files can be a bit large.
- Once the download is complete, the change is automatic across your entire device.
