Can't join one specific friends party or chat.

I got the new update, the friends list and party chat are different. I was trying to get into the forum for the preview but I couldn't.

Only problem I am having is that i can't connect to a party chat with anyone who doesn't have the update as well...aka all my friends. It won't let me join their parties and they can't join mine as well.

I don't think that Phone users are allowed to make/join parties that why Microsoft implemented party chat where iPhone user can send they friend a party chat so that their friend can join through the message. to be able to use party chat you need to have
a chat group with all your friends in it and send a party chat.

Hey, DANS SHEW0LF! Go ahead and create a new thread so that we can get you support individually. That's how the forums work the best!

Bambino, thanks for the reply. Sounds pretty much like you have a basic NAT issue, honestly. Do you know what router you use? I'll need that to figure out what steps we need to take to make sure we open up that NAT for you.

Yeah, a 3rd party member inviter isn't much of an option for us. It's it's true that out internet doesn't line up, is there anything I can do to troubleshoot?

Recently we've been having moderate luck with joining each others' party (we've both stop resetting our routers ad tedium), but even now the party joining is inconsistent at best. Worse yet, when I'm playing a game like, say, GTA V and we join a race together,
I almost always get booted/lose connection almost immediately after the race starts. So even when we;re in the same party, we still aren't quite able to play together.

Another thing: today I was in a party with a this friend and another person, but both myself and the other person could only communicate with my friend, and not to each other. My friend, on the other hand, could communicate with all three of us.

I don’t know if all this gives you an even better idea of what is going on.