Fans, Rejoice! Morgan Freeman Now the GPS Navigation Voice
Morgan Freeman has been turned into a GPS navigation voice.
Traffic and navigation app Waze is behind the idea, which also serves as promotion for the actor's upcoming film, "London Has Fallen."
"Freeman, who plays the Vice President in the movie, will be there for Wazers from the start to finish of their driving missions," Waze, a company owned by Google, said in a statement.
Prior to Freeman, Waze also featured the voices of Arnold Schwarzenegger (performing as the Terminator), Stephen Colbert, Kevin Hart and C3PO from the "Star Wars" movie franchise. However, the company said that Freeman's is "far and away" one of the most requested voices by customers.
Some sound bites in the movie star's voice are as follows:
"The American people are counting on you... to drive. Let's go."
"You've arrived. It's been my honor and duty to see you through this mission."
"Accident reported ahead. I'll get a line to emergency command."
"The time has arrived, President Wazer. The world awaits your commands."
The app's feature is available on both iOS and Android. To access it on iOS, go to Settings > Sound Voice Language > Morgan Freeman. For Android, go to Settings > Sound > Navigation Guidance > Morgan Freeman.
Waze didn't reveal how long the voice option featuring Freeman will be available, but the majority of the app's past features stuck around for about three weeks.
For decades, Morgan's voice has been featured in films, TV and commercials. He portrayed God in "Bruce Almighty," Lucius Fox in "The Dark Knight," provided his voice to Super Bowl ads for Visa and was among the narrators of the documentary series "Civil War" by Ken Burns.
Morgan Freeman Supports Clinton Campaign
Freeman, 78, also lent his voice to Hillary Clinton's new ad, which features the Democratic nominee's early career after graduating from law school. The commercial, titled "All the Good," will air in South Carolina before the Democratic primary on Feb. 27.
During an interview this month, Freeman said that he has confidence in the former secretary of state's leadership.
"Not with me, she doesn't," he said when asked if he has trust issues with Clinton. "I can't say that she doesn't, because all you need in some cases for people is to say it. Just put it out there and it gets legs. The Clintons have been being beat down ever since way back, so she just was going along with that legacy that she's inherited over the amount of time she's been in politics, which is a long time."
Freeman continued, "I think this is just made-up stuff, just, you know, it's political hogwash."
Watch the ad below.
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