How do I hear my friends on Game bar and Xbox app

Hi there! This is Virginia O.

I understand that you want to hear your friends in the Xbox game bar and Xbox app.

I apologize for the inconvenienced this has caused you. I will do my best to help you.

Please open Xbox Game Bar by Pressing Win + G to open the Xbox Game Bar overlay.

And then click on the Xbox Social widget to see your friends' list and their status.

Next is right-click on a friend's name and select Join Party. If you want to create a new party, you can do so by clicking on the party icon and inviting your friends.

Kindly make sure your audio settings are correctly configured. Click on the gear icon in the Xbox Game Bar, go to the Party Chat tab, and select the correct audio output and input devices.

Then test your headset/Microphine. Ensure that your microphone is not muted and that it is working properly. You can test this by speaking into the microphone and checking if the circle around your icon lights up.

After that is to restart Xbox Game Bar. If you're still having issues, try terminating and repairing the Xbox Game Bar app. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager, find the Xbox Game Bar process, right-click it, and select End Task. Then, go to Settings > Apps > Xbox Game Bar > Advanced options and click Repair.

Kindly double-check that your audio drivers are up-to-date. Go to Device Manager, expand Sound, video and game controllers, right-click your audio device, and select Update driver.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Currently having the same issue after going through hours of trying to figure out how to open the NAT type on both PC and xbox, it finally lets me fully connect to the party but will not let me hear anything and my friends cannot hear me. my mic shows
that is working, I have tried both xbox (beta) app, console companion app and game bar. my mic says it is talking, all input and output device setting are correct. Im at a loss

Xbox game bar still will not open.

I updated my computer

and my Xbox app is version 2201.1001.8.0

Also how do I uninstall the Xbox app then reinstall it?

That's not really my issue. My friends can hear me while I have Game Bar up on screen. As soon as I exit and play my game, my friends can't hear me. I just figured out that if I pin the party chat widget on game bar so it stays there when I exit game bar, my friends will still be able to hear me. For now that's what I'll stick with, but I'd like to be able to remove the party chat widget from my screen.

Game Bar and Xbox app conflict withneach other so bad. Once I installed Game Bar i had to remove Xbox App. But in the last two weeks Game Bar is working really bad. It refuses to let me join party chats. I send invites to party chat as well do not work.
I tried to go back to xbox app since i can not tolerate half working software, and now Xbox app half works. No notification comes up at all for Xbox app but Game Bar persists even when i shut it of. I wanted uninstall Game Bar but you cant.

Game Bar is cool and all but not worth it. How do i get rid of it?