Why can't I talk in game chats but I can in party chats?

Hello, first it's a pleasure to be able to help you today.

My name is welcome to the community.

Hello J, usually in these types of situations usually be something related to your NAT.

Take the NAT test below and see if it is open, closed, or restricted, ideally it is open.

Test the NAT Xbox One

Press the Xbox button to open the guide.

Click Profile and system > Settings > General > Network Settings.

Under Current network status, the NAT Type field displays the current NAT type.

If you want to get a team together and talk in party chat as a squad, add me. (you can only talk to your squad by the way [thats how it was in bad company], thats why your not hearing anyone you can only talk to other people if they are close to you) i
find party chat works better for a squad than the in-game squad chat. and as somebody else said the days of in-game chat with everybody using mics are over. thats why we have party chat (of course, nobody uses it like that).

My headset only works in party chat. When I'm playing other games I can see that people are talking but I can't hear them and they can't hear me. It only works in party chat.

You can can change your privacy settings by

1. Going to https://account.xbox.com/en-US/settings/home? and click privacy settings.
2. Then scroll down to "Others can communicate with voice, text, or invites?" and select "Everyone"
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to save

Hope this helps!

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