Xbox Game Bar "Something went wrong with your microphone, try changing your party audio...

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today AwesomeBrain!

May I know which troubleshooting steps you have done so far?
Also, did you try using another headset to see if the issue persists?

Looking forward for your reply!

Thank you for verifying! Have you tried changing your default microphone in both the Xbox app and the Xbox Game Bar?

Xbox Game Bar:

• Open the Xbox Game Bar
  
• Go to your "Audio" widget
  
• Select the "Voice" tab
  
• Change your "WINDOWS DEFAULT INPUT" to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.
  
• Change your "DEFAULT COMMUNICATIONS OUTPUT" and your "DEFAULT COMMUNICATIONS INPUT" to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.
  
• Scroll down to "More Settings"
  
• Click "Xbox Party Chat"
  
• Change your "AUDIO OUTPUT" to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.
  
• Change your "AUDIO INPUT" to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.
  

Verify that "push to talk" is not enabled

Xbox app:

• Open the Xbox app
  
• Click your profile icon at the top right corner of the page
  
• Select "Settings"
  
• Select "Audio"
  
• Set your default "Input device" to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.
  
• Set your default "Output device" to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.
  

Verify that "push to talk" is not enabled

Hello TravisMasterson,

Thank you for reaching out to us about your issue!

Can you verify that your Xbox app, Xbox Game Bar and Gaming Services are all updated to their latest versions? You can do that by following the steps below:

Open the Xbox App

• Click your profile icon at the top right corner of the page
  
• Select "Settings"
  
• Select "About" on the left panel
  

The first set of numbers under "Version" will display the current version of your Xbox App.

Current versions:

Xbox App: 2112.1001.10.0

Gaming Services: 3.60.12001.0

Xbox Game Bar: 5.721.12013.0

Can you also check the following settings in your Sound Control Panel?

- Open your Settings

- Select System

- Select Sound

- Navigate to More sound settings and select it. The Sound Control Panel should open up.

- Once in the Sound Control Panel, navigate to the device you are looking to use and

- Right-click the device and select Properties

Once you are in the Properties menu, you should see several tabs

- Select the Enhancements tab if available and check the "Disable all enhancements" box if enabled

- Next, select the Advanced tab and under "Exclusive Mode" enable the two checkboxes titled "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" and "Give exclusive mode applications priority" if available

Once you've made the changes, select Apply, restart your device and launch the app to verify if the changes have solved your problem.

Looking forward to hearing back,

XBF Dom

Hello O'Hehir Patrick,

Welcome to Xbox Community Forum. Thank you for sharing your concern with us today and we hope that all is well.

We understand how important it is for you to have your microphone recognized by the Xbox Game Bar app. Let us check on this together and sort this out in timely manner.

We appreciate you for sharing the troubleshooting you have performed. To better isolate your issue, we would like to ask for details about your issue.

1. Please share a screenshot of the issue and conceal any personal information.
   
2. Are we part of the Xbox Insider or Windows (PC) Insider?
   
3. Is your microphone built-in to your headset? May we know the make and model?
   
4. When did this issue happen?
   
5. What is the make and model of your computer? Is your computer customized?
   
6. May we ask for the Windows version and edition of your computer or laptop? Please type WINVER into the Windows search bar and hit Enter.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

So far, from the details you provided, you can try the following steps and let us know the result. You can just skip those you have done already.

Method 1:

Install PC updates including Optional Update. Guide - Update Windows

If you have issues with update, please check the troubleshooting steps available here - Troubleshoot problems updating Windows.

Please do the update of drivers, guide - update drivers in Windows. Especially the drivers for sounds and microphone.

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Method 2:

Please use this guide for repairing Xbox Game bar.

Please go to Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Select the app you want to fix (Xbox Game Bar). Select the Advanced options link under the name of the Microsoft Store. On the page that opens, select Repair if it's available. If it isn't available, select Reset.

Method 3: Run system scans

Run a full system scan. This will check and restore corrupted system files.



In Windows search bar, search for Command Prompt and Run as Administrator.

Copy the command below one line at a time and paste it on Command Prompt:

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

SFC /scannow

Let us know the result and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We may recommend further troubleshooting steps once we have received your answers to the above questions.



Sincerely,



Xbox Forum Moderator

Microsoft Community

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