For the past year, Google Assistant has had a variety of voices to personalize your experience, and while most Google Assistant related apps have respected this setting, there have been a few holdouts ...

Back at I/O 2018, Google announced a navigation-optimized Assistant for Google Maps. It began rolling out in December, and is now officially available on both Android and iOS at CES 2019. Voice ...

Dylan Coyle is a reporter for Android Police, and there isn't much he doesn't cover across the Android fold. At a basic level, regardless of how complex a topic is, he tries to make it easier for ...

If you talk to your desktop PC, it’s probably for all the wrong reasons–usually to hurl expletives at the machine for not working properly. Well, users of the desktop version of Google Chrome now have ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

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 ...

Whenever you travel someplace new, chances are Google Maps got you there. The action of turning right down a street or crossing a road is something most people take for granted. But this same trip for ...

In honor of World Sight Day, Google Maps has introduced a new feature for blind or partially sighted people. Maps will now offer more detailed voice guidance and verbal announcements to make ...

People with visual impairments can now navigate the streets and safely get to their walking destinations by using Google Maps. On Thursday, Oct. 10, for World Sight Day, Google rolled out a new ...

Without Google Maps, many of us would be getting lost on the road a lot. The voice navigation feature is a big part of Google Maps’ utility, and recently, some users have been experiencing some issues ...

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