So inconvenient and time consuming not being able to preview. I love the different voice options, makes my journey more interesting, and not a feature that would take long to add

Wtf

Fine. I'm uninstalling until then. Do you know how long it would take to check all these out by just trying a different one each time I go somewhere? It's a little ridiculous. I mean, ringtones let you check them out. Why not this?

That's too bad.

This feature has been requested 7 years and seems like a ridiculously small implementation (just have the voice say 'Hi, would you like me to be your co-pilot?' or something when you select it in the settings?).
If you want to get fancy, have an option in the settings that disables the automatic previewing of voices or only preview the voice if a user keeps the name of the voice pressed for 1sec or something.

I'd love to just add it myself to the code-base, if only Waze were open-source...

Definitely need a voice test button.

I could swear my previous version let you preview the voices. WTF happened???

It's not impossible, just mildly difficult.
Go to the voice settings (MyWaze/settings/Voice & sound/Waze voice).
Pick a voice.
X out of both open pages.
Tap My Waze.
Tap any previous destination.
When the voice starts, tap Stop. The voice will keep going for a second or two, and there, you've heard your sample.
Keep going until you find one you like.
My fav is Ben, for the street names and because the male voice cuts through the wind noise.
I use Terminator when Ben becomes a nag.

I don't understand the reluctance to add a preview sample of the voices offered for selection. I just downloaded this app. This is a deal-breaker for me. Uninstalling.

Dude! C’mon! Stop adding voices and fix this feature.

For real! It's so annoying to have to 'start a drive' just to see how one will sound :(

Why on earth has this feature not been added yet? You for some wild reason thought a batmobile was more important than voice samples. Who's the captain of that ship over there?😲😲😲

How has this STILL not been implemented? Come on!

This should have been a feature on the very first version of waze. Even TomTom's let you preview the voice before selecting it.

this seems like a hugely overlooked but simple to implement feature, some of the voices are either too monotone or too high pitched and actually driving around to test is just weird, put in a way to sample/hear the voices during the selection, please!

I am new to waze...setting up info and looking at navigation..i thought absolutely there should be a test button for hearing navigational voice as choosing it .

Not all voices are clear to everyone. Being able to preview each sound during the select process is essential. I choose different options for different trips (sometimes street names are necessary; higher pitched voice on noisy roads, etc). And I like to choose quickly without having to wait for a voice instruction. This is a critical feature since we don’t want to make these changes while driving.

I’d also like to see a function where you can find things along the way or add stops like Google.

100%!! I was just looking for this!

I have no idea what a voice sounds like until i activate navigation. Would be great to hear a sample when selecting a voice.