EK seems to have refreshed its safety announcement. Two new male voices now covering Arabic and English, video still looks the same. The friendly tone is gone, reminded me of some stern school teachers . Got a taste of it on EK 6 on Jul 31 (A6-EEB).

And speaking of announcements, why does EK insist on adding announcements in Hindi on flights to southern India? I have asked the cabin crew this question before and they also seemed frustrated. And ironically, the lady making the Hindi announcements on EK 546 DXB-MAA on Aug 1 was a fluent Tamil speaker