I can hear people in Xbox party chat, but they can't hear me if I exit game bar.

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.

I understand that overlaying is not specifically your preference. For this case, you maybe able to keep the feature you would like to use pinned to your screen while playing. However, if you have a suggestion to Team Xbox on how Xbox Game Bar should improve then we would appreciate if you can share it to the team.

Please send it using this link: Xbox Support

Happy holidays to you!

Regards,

I shouldn't have to have anything overlaying for the party chat to work. All the time up to now, I never had anything overlaying while I played, with no problems. But all of a sudden, if I don't have it overlaying, my friends can't hear me? I CAN STILL HEAR MY FRIENDS BUT THEY CANNOT HEAR ME.

Hello,

Sorry for the mixed up and thanks for getting back to us.

Yes, that is how Xbox Game Bar should work, pinning the widget that you are using should allow you to maneuver around your screen without launching the whole app to occupy space in your game. A design that allows you to move freely - overlay feature.

For your request about removing the party chat widget from the screen, you may send this idea to our Team Xbox. Please use this link: Xbox Support.

Regards,

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.



Based on your description, there seems to be sounds issue related to your microphone settings for Xbox party chat on Windows. Here are a few troubleshooting steps you can try:



Check your microphone settings:

• Make sure that your microphone is set as the default recording device in Windows.
  
• You can do this by right-clicking on the speaker icon in the taskbar, selecting "Sounds," and then clicking on the "Recording" tab.
  
• From there, you can select your microphone and set it as the default device.
  

Check your privacy settings:

• Make sure that the Xbox app has permission to access your microphone.
  
• You can do this by going to Settings > Privacy > Microphone and making sure that the toggle switch for "Allow apps to access your microphone" is turned on.
  

Check your Xbox app settings:

• Make sure that your microphone is selected as the input device in the Xbox app.
  
• You can do this by opening the Xbox app, clicking on the gear icon in the bottom left corner, and then selecting "Settings."
  
• From there, click on "General" and then select your microphone from the dropdown menu under "Microphone."
  

If none of these steps resolve the issue, please provide us details about your concern:

1. Are you part of Xbox Insider or PC Insider?
   
2. May we know if you have issues with your headset/microphone in recording your voice using Voice recorder app of Windows?
   
3. Will issue persists if you use different headset?
   
4. Is this happening to a specific game?
   

Let me know how it went.



Sincerely,



Microsoft Community Moderator