Friends can hear their own echo in Xbox party chat and in each specific game chat only when...

Hi,Alexander! I'm Luis, a fellow Xbox Gamer . Thanks for reaching us out here.

Since you have pretty much tried everything regarding your controller/headset, let´s do a quick network test.

Are you able to make a test using a mobile hotspot now?

Party chat is a chat were you are grouped only with your friends and it does not matter what game each of you is playing. In-game Chat is a chat that is specific to the game and allows all people in the match to speak to each other.

Keep the party chat open when talking and have your friends be quiet. Start making noise for a second and see where the echo comes from. If it's coming from you then you'll need to mess with your mic settings like the audio balance between game and party
chat.

However it sounds like the echo is coming from one of your friends. Also there's nothing you can do about the mic delay unfortunately. That's just a network thing and I've noticed when my friends and I talk there's a 1-2 second delay before we hear each
other.

If the problem is only related to game voice chat, which is not related to Xbox party chat, then check audio volume settings in your game.

for example when I play Sea of Thieves, I can use Xbox party to talk to my friends, or use in-game voice chat to talk to my friends in the crew. it has different volume settings which are inside the game.

I can use both of them at the same time but i will generate echo.

hope that helps

The only thing to be aware of when using your kinect as a mic is placement of your Kinect. The mic can pick up the sounds from your TV (ie, the game and other people chatting with you) and will allow others to hear or will echo the party chat.