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B. Diddy Which car system are you using? Does the phone play music over the system without difficulty? Are you using Google Maps over Android Auto?
In the Maps interface, tap the speaker icon -- what is that set to? You can set it so that it speaks everything, only traffic alerts, or nothing.
My car doesn't support Android Auto (it's a 2014 reg Kia Picanto and I think it's too old). I thought the problem might that it was trying to use Google Maps over Android Auto anyway though, so I've disabled and force stopped it (I know I can't uninstall it). That hasn't helped. The phone does play music over the system, I can play songs through Spotify no problem. I just can't get it to speak any directions to me!
I've also checked the speaker icon on the Maps interface and made sure it is set so that it speaks everything.