Why does use of Xbox Party Chat via Xbox Game bar mute all OTHER audio?

Thank you, but that is not what I asked. My problem is ONLY hearing the Party chat. When joining a party, all OTHER audio is suddenly lost. The second I Leave, it returns.

EDIT:

I've just discovered that the issue is only a problem when in a party with others. When in a party alone, I can hear everything fine but my microphone detects no input.

Hello Alexander B,

I'm Nilay and I'll be glad to answer your query today.

You may fail to hear the Xbox Game Bar party chat if the Game Bar is outputting audio to a different device than your headset. In this context, setting the headset as the output device in the Game Bar settings may solve the problem.

Please visit https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...rty-chat/8bbfa68d-b677-458d-97ab-3b8422f241ac this thread and follow suggested steps there. Hope there will be a fix.

Good Luck
Regards

the double audio im hearing is coming from the companion app on my pc that im using to stream from my xbox. its not from streamlabs. im getting the audio from my xbox and my pc via the companion app. but im using the companion app to use party chat to
talk. so i cannot mute it because it then mutes the party chat audio and im not able to hear my party.

have you tried starting a party and go into that party and checking your audio settings. i reckon you have scrolled all your game volume to mute and party chat 100 percent on the volume bar

When you stream through Xbox there is a setting in the twitch app to include party chat. But the party members have to allow their audio to be used. If you have “Party Chat” muted on the broadcast screen (it's in between “Microphone” and “Game”), or won't have the option to include audio.