This! Please Waze!

I agree, it would be nice to hear a sample Waze voice sound. I don't want to have to go through 25+ names just to try them out. Ugh.

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...

When we are selecting a voice if we click on it, or click on the speaker icon, it should play a few example phrases of the voice.

Capacity to listen to a voice previa in the voices list.

Definitely need a voice test button.

This is an essential and basic feature!

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.

I agree with the other commenters that it's a safety issue and makes ME (and others too) want to change voices once we're moving. I like changing voices, but often find that I can't hear or understand or the voice is just annoying and I HAVE to find another ASAP. Even just being able to hear (as a preview) the line they say as I'm starting the drive when I hit the name would be soooo very helpful and shouldn't take that much programing. Being able to hear a preview and not having to change after starting would prevent a lot of #mishaguyas

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?😲😲😲

The fact that users cannot hear a sample of the voice options when selecting them *before* a trip creates a dangerous incentive to adjust that setting while driving.

Please add the ability to listen to a sample of each voice option in the settings.

This is a basic safety issue. If we can’t hear a sample of the voice beforehand, it just encourages users to adjust their settings *while driving* around. Nobody needs that kind of distraction.

How has this STILL not been implemented? Come on!

I have some hearing issues and I need to test voices to know if I will be able to hear them.

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