Give us back familiar voices.
Many people have expressed their disappointment and frustration that the voices in Waze have been changed with claims that the new voices are more "natural". On the contrary, many of us feel the voices are cold and we want the former versions back. We use the Italian Sofia and the new voice has no warmth or connection for us. Many other users have said the same of the English Thomas and Kate and other voices from varying languages. Please return our familiar navigators! The world is alienating enough without these changes!
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Jason
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I concur. These new voices (especially the English Kate (UK) voice) are grating. The original Kate was the only voice to begin with that didn't make my skin crawl every time it spoke, among those that spoke my language, and could pronounce street names. These new ones make me want to drive at high speed into oncoming traffic. Either roll them back or add them as legacy voices. I don't know why you changed them to begin with. Who would have complained about Kate's lovely voice anyway? At this point, I have to take a klonopin just to use the voice directions. Sadly, it really feels like Waze doesn't care. Doesn't Google own them now? I suppose this could just be a plan to drive everyone back to Google maps. I started using Waze because it was so much better than Google maps, but perhaps it is time to reevaluate that.
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Shaigan commented
The new voices are as if they had taken MDMA pills: the voices are speedy, dry... Very far from the sweet, melodious voices that guided us not long ago.