Google Maps provides audible directions on Android. Explained at this URL. See “Hear voice directions”.
https://support.google.com/map...E.Platform%3DAndroid

Does anyone know how to enable audible directions on iPhone? I’ve been searching but haven’t found anything.

I get audible commands on Google maps on my iPhone.

Here's some tips:

https://www.techbout.com/voice...e-maps-iphone-49096/

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Thanks Flash!

Works for me.

I've used google maps while driving before years ago like maybe 5 years ago. I've since switched to Waze as it has better technology. Waze changes its directions to make you go around traffic; google maps takes you to the traffic and then tells you that you're stuck in traffic.

I think Waze was bought by Google.

You may also want to try Waze as well.
I like and use google maps, but use Waze in some circumstances.

In addition to a Garmin GPS.
Each have their strengths and will give you all options, especially if you drive internationally.

Example, GPS is almost useless in Boston… constant road closures due to events and construction.

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Re: “Example, GPS is almost useless in Boston… constant road closures due to events and construction.”

That’s exactly why I’m looking for audible driving directions from Google maps. Generally, the GPS facility in my car provides excellent visual and voice driving directions. But its map is on a four year old chip and I need to go to a location where there’s lots of recent road redevelopment.

The last time I had to go to a location in that area car GPS directed me to a dead end. Google maps saved my bacon. I put my iPhone between my legs and, surprisingly, the iPhone GPS/Google maps still worked.

But there was no audible driving directions even though my iPhone had a Bluetooth connection to my car’s sound system. I had to keep glancing down at the iPhone to see the Google maps display.

I have yet to try the instructions in the URL that Flash-LB provided.

Things have changed in the last few years. Google Maps and Waze are regular apps on the Apple App Store; both work in Apple CarPlay as well. I was using Waze to navigate past the fire that had closed I-5 at Castaic last week, should have followed Waze directions instead of Google Maps, would have saved about an hour at bottleneck down to one lane I-5 North. Next time will trust Waze!
In difficult or changing traffic conditions would rate them as
1. Waze
2. Google Maps
3. Apple Maps
Apple Maps used to be far inferior to Google; now it’s equal or superior for routine situations, but still inferior for some. Example: Google Maps lets you choose a specific route by moving the route line on the map.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
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I put my iPhone between my legs and, surprisingly, the iPhone GPS/Google maps still worked.

It will work pretty much anywhere, even under your arms.

iPhone's map provides audible instructions, as does Waze, if you have an iWatch it will provide indicators via sound and vibration as you approach turns on the path.

It's possible that it was sending the audible sounds to the car radio via BT, and, if the sound for directions wasn't turned up for that source on the car radio (some radios have different volume levels for each source) that's why you didn't hear them.

See if your car radio has a separate volume setting for when connected by BT to the phone.

Likely the phone was sending the audio to the radio via BT, which shuts off the internal speaker in the phone since it thinks you can hear it from the BT connection probably why you didn't get voice from the phone.

Next time turn off BT in the phone, or, go into BT on the phone and disconnect the car radio and see if you can hear the instructions.

One of the odd things with Apples BT setup is that it can change sources without your instructing it to do so. I'll be mowing with the iPhone playing music to my Apple Air pods and if I haven't disabled the connection to my office BT headset when I was working, the iPhone still has that as "connected", and the Air Pods, when I get in range it will switch from the Air pods to the office headset on it's own.

I've seen my wifes phone switch to playing over the car BT even when she's not connected by USB while watching video or something as a passenger.