This is occurring because the Voice Memos app on iOS 12 has a new feature where it names your voice memos based on your location. This can be useful depending on how you create your memos, but it may be problematic for other voice memo users. Our tutorial below will show you how to adjust this setting so that you can either use location-based naming for your voice memos or turn it off.
How to Stop the Voice Memos App from Naming Your Memos By Location
The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 12. Note that this feature was not available in earlier versions of iOS, so you won’t be able to configure this option unless you are using iOS 12. Step 1: Touch the Settings icon.
Step 2: Scroll down and choose the Voice Memos option.
Step 3: Tap the button to the right of Location-based naming. I have turned off location-based naming in the picture below.
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