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I’ve found the answer to adjusting the GPS voice volume on IOS 15. The volume settings on maps has been removed. Go to Settings > Siri & Search > Siri Voice. Select the voice you want to use and while it is speaking use your volume adjustment buttons to turn it up or down. It seems to have a seperate volume control that can only be adjusted while it is speaking. This worked for me, hope it helps others.
I had this problem for a couple months. It started right after installing IOS 15. My car radio was at normal volume but the gps voice was so loud it hurt my ears. And it didn’t matter if I used Maps or Waze. I tried everything and searched discussions. I did not find this answer anywhere or in any document. Everything said to adjust it in Maps settings even though that setting wasn’t there anymore. This was very frustrating and I tried for a long time to find this answer. Really crap on Apple’s part. They should not remove and hide settings where people can’t find them or its not obvious to look for them.
I had this problem for a couple months. It started right after installing IOS 15. My car radio was at normal volume but the gps voice was so loud it hurt my ears. And it didn’t matter if I used Maps or Waze. I tried everything and searched discussions. I did not find this answer anywhere or in any document. Everything said to adjust it in Maps settings even though that setting wasn’t there anymore. This was very frustrating and I tried for a long time to find this answer. Really crap on Apple’s part. They should not remove and hide settings where people can’t find them or its not obvious to look for them.
No it did fix it. I’m the one who posted the fix. I’m just saying how long it took me to find this solution. What a radical difference in thinking between going into a settings selection and sliding a volume slider vs selecting a voice and working volume controls while it is playing. One’s first thought upon discovering a missing volume slider is going to be “where did they move that to” - not “now I have to work volume buttons while the thing is playing.” My thought wouldn’t be to change anything using the car radio volume knob since the radio volume was right.
Apple started out as the company who made computers for non-computer people back in the 70s. I’ve been with them since the advent of the first iterations of the macintosh in the 80s. The point was you didn’t have to know ms-dos commands and how to edit a config.sys file and all that. When they start doing things like this it makes me think they’ve lost their mission as a company.
I'm going to try google maps and Tom Tom GO on my iphone (i'm on the latest ios software update as of 5-20-2022)
I give up with this apple maps thing. They got rid of a CRITICAL setting.
Being able to mute / lower the volume of the navigator's voice (siri) was crucial and very useful especially if you are also using your phone to play the music that we all pay so much money for (streaming services, ownership rights / licenses to albums / individual songs, etc.) - we want to be able to listen to the music were paying [potentially apple] for AND safely navigate to places that we have or haven't been to before using the native apple maps app!
Not having the volume adjustable is hazardous. It encourages users to not use navigation to begin with (because it loudly interrupts the audio that they are playing).
Other users might get distracted with constantly turning siri volume up / down between navigation prompts / music playing
It was wayyy better before when you included these options, apple. I'm surprised more people aren't complaining because millions of car owners commute with apple navigation while listening to podcasts / music
I hope they fix this soon. I might return here and post about my experience with google maps if it works out to be a viable long term solution to this problem we're all facing. Until then, drive safe, and good luck!
It works somehow if you put the ringtone to maximum before navigation start. But it is a nonsense. If you forget to put it back, it damages your ears if somebody calls you later. It is a shame for Apple to have eliminated the voice volume button and a reason to use another navigation system. Best of them in my opinion is tomtom go which takes you automatically around traffic jams and has a voice volume adjustment possibility. You can set navigation voice volume as a percentage of your music volume. Its worth paying a small sum for an annual subscription. Also, you can add Siri shortcuts for voice input of favorites, so you do not have to choose them manually. Mercedes live traffic for a price of around 80 USD p.a. btw also uses tomtom go.......
None of these fixes work for me. I have an iPhone 13 pro and volume controls on my car while navigating make no difference as suggested nor does using volume buttons on my phone while in Siri setting or maps or google maps.. I guess we have to be shouted at to use navigation for now on. Sigh.
Doesn't work for me (iOS 15.3 / iPhone 12 Mini). When using the vol +/- buttons while navigating and listening to music, they affect siri AND music. Can't balance the volume of both 🤷🏻♂️ So annoying. So not Apple.
Same here. I am fed up with this and use only tomtom go app in carplay. There, you can set at least voice volume in relation to music. So whatever your music volume is, the turn by turn voice is in relation. In google maps, you can at least choose voice volume between low, medium or high. In Apple maps zero! Reference to the volume button is useless, as it affects voice AND music. To me, it is simply not understandable why the voice control button in ios 14 was cancelled. Result: I simply do not use apple maps anymore. Hope everbody else does. There are plenty of functioning navigation apps out there!
What you wrote is not true for my iPhone 12 running iOS 15. When I adjust the volume in Apple Music to a low level, the volume of the Maps guidance also becomes too low to hear. There is nothing contextual about the volume buttons, at least not on my phone. The same thing occurs if I use the slider on the screen (in the Apple Music app) to lower the volume. The Maps voice volume goes down as well. This is extremely frustrating.
Hi
google maps allows 3 voice volume settings: low, normal and loud. The problem with google msps is that in cities, it continuously talks and repeats navi commands so that you barely hear music.
I only drive with tomtom go. Not only is it the best navi to avoid jams, but you can set voice volume in relation to music volume in percent, allow street names and numbers or not and so on. Simply the best and the only one to automatically re-route you around traffic jams!
You must adjust the volume on the device from which you are hearing Siri talk. For example, to raise the volume for navigation on car play, while Siri is announcing directions turn up the volume on your car stereo. Same for AirPods, turn up volume on AirPods while Siri is announcing directions.
Its a nightmare to deal with such problems with a worldwide reputed company like apple. I am fed up with this and only use tomtom go app. The price p. A. is reasonable and its the only iphone app that automatically reroutes you around traffic jams. It is also the basis for Mercedes live traffic that speaks for itself and is miriades better than apple and google maps! I only use default navi of my mercedes or tomtom go.
No way. If you do so, the music gets to a level that it damages your ears. Each and every navigation app has a volume adjustment possibility, independent from other sounds, except of course Apple after IOS 15. Its simply a shame. I would fire the maps program manager on the spot
Are you talking about CarPlay connectivity or on the bare phone where what you describe is correct?
I must admit I normally use Google Maps where this is not a problem.
I will try it on Maps next time I travel but it will be on CarPlay.
Why? I thought that one of you might have an easy solution to this mess.
you think you are right? if someone like Apple does not realize such a basic issue itself and actively eliminates a volume adjustment button (a basic requirement for a decent navigation system) in ios 15, I consider a report as useless! I will just not use Apple maps anymore. Fullstop. This made me look around and I found better apps. Much better.....
Thanks. I am sorry to bother you, but somebody at Apple must have removed the volume button! As a product manager, one is supposed to know the product. This is not a bug but a product change. And: I am again sorry but in my opinion, google (for ios!) is worse than Apple, even though it offers 3 voice volume settings. It constantly talkes and repeats itself. Tomtom go beats all of them, and so does the default MBUX in my mercedes with live traffic. Tomtom to my knowledge is the only ios-navigator that automatically reroutes you around traffic jams. Google for Android does too, but not for ios. Waze does but is otherwise bad.
In any case, I appreciate your help very much and I think we should leave it for now. Wish you all the best.
OS 15 GPS Navigation voice too low or too loud
