Use phone hands-free

About hands-free mode

When you're driving, using a headset or at a designated place, let Moto Voice:

  • Announce callers (for people who are contacts on your phone).
  • Read text messages aloud (for people who are contacts on your phone).

Drive hands-free

  1. Open the Moto app and touch Voice.
  2. Touch Manage launch phrase.
  3. Make sure Launch phrase is on , then touch .
  4. Touch Talk to me.
  5. Turn on Driving.
  6. For the best sound quality, touch MORE OPTIONS and tick Improve driving detection.

Moto Voice uses your phone's accelerometer and location data to determine whether you're driving.

TipIf readout is inconsistent, open the Moto app and touch Moto Voice > Talk to me > MORE OPTIONS and turn Audio troubleshooting on .

Use connected headset hands-free

  1. Connect your wired or Bluetooth headset.
  2. Open the Moto app and touch Voice.
  3. Touch Manage launch phrase.
  4. Make sure Launch phrase is on , then touch .
  5. Touch Talk to me.
  6. Turn on Headset.

Go hands-free at a place

  1. Open the Moto app and touch Voice.
  2. Touch Manage launch phrase.
  3. Make sure Launch phrase is on , then touch .
  4. Touch Talk to me.

  5. Do one of the following:

    • Touch Add a place. (If prompted, turn on location settings, adjust mode to High accuracy, and touch .) To modify the location, touch . When the location is correct, touch . Check the box for the new place.
    • To use a place previously set up, turn its slider on .

Turn off hands-free mode

To stop voice readout temporarily, say ‘Stop’. Your settings resume when the next message arrives.

If you are a passenger or riding a bus or train, you can view the notification and touch Not now. Your settings resume the next time you drive.

To stop readout at a place, do one of the following:

  • View the notification and touch Not now. Hands-free mode resumes the next time you are at that place.
  • Turn off that place. Hands-free mode does not resume until you turn the place on again.