Here’s a problem that Google Maps users have recently come across that is definitely worth an X Files episode. As the world’s number one navigation app, Google Maps comes with a voice guidance engine ...

If you’re using Google Maps for navigation, you probably know that there are a few things that could go wrong in the app, including the way the audio directions are provided to the user. It goes ...

For some users, a bug on Android Auto is causing all voice commands for navigation to be routed through Google Maps, regardless of the user’s preferences. On Android Auto, voice commands for ...

The few months that Colonel Sanders was the voice behind the turn-by-turn directions in my car were some of my favorite times behind the wheel. A few years later C-390 helped me navigate across the ...

Verbally selecting options from a menu. Telephone voice response systems use voice navigation as an option along with the phone's keypad. In-dash navigation systems also enable voice selection of ...

Bing has added voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation to the Bing mobile app for Windows Phones 6.1 and above. Bing thus joins Google, Nokia and to a lesser degree MapQuest in offering free mobile ...

Having Snoop Dog as my navigation voice was always my favorite, but I have personally thought of some hilarious stuff I would love to hear from that lady who lives in my phone. If I could only record ...

Earlier this year Waze made Cookie Monster one of its navigation voices. It was fun, but it was also a limited engagement, which means if you had Cookie directing you around he eventually disappeared ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...