Speedometer 55. Voice coach.
This page describes the older voice coach implementation, which becomes obsolete with the June 2026 Voice coach and navigation guidance version.
Speedometer 55 includes a voice coach that announces track distance, duration, current speed, and altitude while you record a GPS track.
When enabled and configured, the voice coach will announce active track distance and duration as well as current speed and altitude.
In the current version, the voice coach only runs when a GPS track is being recorded. This ensures that the coach provides exact and reliable information, whether the app is running in the foreground or background.
The app gives a hint whether the coach is enabled or disabled (disabled by default). When you tap on the MENU button, the “NEW TRACK” button shows you the current tracking settings, including the voice coach:
The Settings button inside the NEW TRACK button provides a section to configure the voice coach. Here is the voice coach configuration screen:
By default, the coach is off and some configuration is pre-populated for you, like an enabled announcement every 5 minutes of tracking and a disabled announcement every 10 miles or kilometers. Until you enable the voice coach, all of this stays mute and inactive.
This setup lets you configure multiple voice coach “triggers” without making them active right away. You can then enable only the triggers you need for a specific situation. Driving and skiing, for example, are very different activities and may need very different trigger sets.
The “+” button on top allows you to add more triggers.
Tapping on a row with a trigger allows you to configure its specific parameters. Here is a screen for a time trigger:
And for the distance trigger:
There is no limit on the number of triggers you can have, though the minimum interval is 20 seconds for time and 100 meters (328 feet) for distance. If you configure overlapping triggers, the app queues announcements with a reasonable timeout and discards outdated announcements as newer ones arrive.
This is basically a voice coach foundation in the current version. Input from Sven and Tim was used for the design and I believe it should be flexible enough to accommodate adding speed triggers in coming versions, as Sven requested.
This is it for the voice coach for the moment, but let me highlight where else the app can give you some noise and how to control it:
Fuel and driving range monitor.
I’m all in for adding new trigger types and subjects to tell in the voice announcements. Please feel free to suggest them at support@blocoware.com or via the star button in the app!
