Xbox App Voice Chat While In Different Window

The app should let you connect and play something else in the background as long as the game is still open.

Usually there is no need to have the party chat window open while playing. You may just unsnap it. Whether with the Kinect voice command "xbox unsnap" or by going to the main dashboard window, having it unsnapped with the tile "unsnap" and then go back to
the game.

If experiencing problems that chat does not continue after unsnapping the party app, please try to first join and unsnap the party and then start the game.

Party chat is a voice chatroom that resides in the operating system of the Xbox. Game chat is the chat feature built into a certain game. Party chat allows users to chat while playing different game titles. Do a search on Xbox.com about NAT ratings.

Hi,

So you can start a Voice Chat with another player, and then add other people to that voice chat (or they can join in). Starting a Voice Chat with someone on Windows 10 via the Game Bar is a One-to-one to start, and you can't just start
an "empty" party as you can on Console unless you use the Console Companion app.

This page has a few more details on the Game Bar, but additionally I believe you can still use the Xbox Console Companion App to start a party as well in the more traditional manner.

Hi,

So you can start a Voice Chat with another player, and then add other people to that voice chat (or they can join in). Starting a Voice Chat with someone on Windows 10 via the Game Bar is a One-to-one to start, and you can't just start
an "empty" party as you can on Console unless you use the Console Companion app.

This page has a few more details on the Game Bar, but additionally I believe you can still use the Xbox Console Companion App to start a party as well in the more traditional manner.