PC party chat crashes whenever I try to set a push to talk key

Open Xbox Game Bar and check:

• Settings - Shortcuts - Microphone On/Off (default is WinKey + ALT + M, check entry field to see if you added a custom key binding)
• Settings - Party Chat - Push To Talk - Enable Push To Talk (default is unchecked for me)

Good luck!

I am having the same issue, this used to work but now I cannot use push to talk in Sea of Thieves unless I toggle the game bar open when in an Xbox Party audio chat.

I also cannot set mouse buttons as push to talk hotkeys in the Xbox Game Bar settings, only keyboard keys.

Hi GalletaSC,

Thanks for your post. I understand you are attempting to use your bumper as a push to talk button for voice chat on your Windows 10 PC. Are you attempting to use PTT for Xbox Party Chat on your PC or using other software like Discord, TeamSpeak, Mumble,
etc.? Different software may only accept input from the keyboard instead of a controller.

The Xbox Beta App has a push to talk function for party chat, to enable it visit Settings>Audio>Enable Push to Talk.

Please keep us updated.

Default setting is party chat. I have followed advice to switch settings from open mic/party chat to push to talk/game chat. I tried this several times, saving settings then exiting game, reloading game and switching settings back to open mic/party chat.
Nothing has been successful.

The only alternative I can think of is to turn on Push to Talk so the stream always hear you, but the party only hears you once you press the talk key.