[frostysonic]

Is it all the voices in the car (such as Google Assistant) that have changed to the American accent, or just the maps?

Only Maps. The regular Google Assistant voice (for things like changing the AC settings etc) has remained the same (UK accent, as per car's Assistant voice setting).

I know there's a way to change the Google Maps voice on Android (if you google it it shows you how)

Yeah, I've played around with this on my phone too (in Maps: Profile Pic > Settings > Navigation > Voice selection). It was set to Default (English) which on the phone (as well as using Android Auto via the cable) was an Australian voice, but I've tried changing that setting on the phone to English (Australia) or English (UK), and then restarting the car system, but the car's Google Maps stays stuck with an American accent.

I've also double-checked that I'm using the same Google profile on my phone as well as the car.

After checking with my wife, her the Maps in her car's profile has also changed to an American accent, so it seems to be affecting the car as a whole, and not just one our profiles. 😕

 

[frostysonic]

I wonder if there was a recent Google Maps update that caused a setting to change.

Yeah, I'm thinking it's a bug with a recent maps update. Maps says it's on version 25.08.040001.E from a few weeks ago.

 

[frostysonic]

Thanks for checking in, @Greg S!

Nope even after 3.7, still the same. I've tried changing the Google language everywhere I can think of to see if it will change in maps (even to English (Indian))!

I've changed it in the car's Google account; in Google Maps on my phone, on my computer; my Google account as a whole, etc.

Stuck with an American in Maps only in the car.

I recorded a video that shows the Google Assistant (even when it is triggered from within Google Maps!) is the nice British accent (lol at the temporary AC failure), but the maps voice is still American 😭:

 

[frostysonic]

I wonder if you can do a force stop on the Google Maps App and clear the cache?

Yep, done that (as well as uninstalling the Maps Play Store updates (it doesn't let you delete the app completely), and redownloading it).

 

[frostysonic]

Yeah exactly; The dealers here in BNE don't seem very cluey on software issues, and it's still totally functional. Just very irritating when we need directions.

I think there's some weird bug; it happening to both my wife and me on different car profiles and Google profiles seems too coincidental for it to be config related.


Hopefully when the new EX30-style software gets released, it's sorted in that update! 🤞

 

[frostysonic]

Ok, I've fixed it and I feel like such an idiot that I missed this 🤦‍♂️. There is another language setting that I totally missed: Car settings > System > Languages and input. That was set to English (US), and changing that to English (UK) or English (Australia) changed the Maps voice.

I've never touched that setting (didn't know it existed!). I assume that it's the main language setting for all the Volvo car menus etc, and there's nothing else that I would notice it being different from the other English's.

I assume that a recent Maps update made the navigation voice use that language setting rather than the Assistant setting (or locale?).

Happy days!

 

[frostysonic]

😵Things do seem to be changing in terms of how language and localisation are being applied...