Xbox Gamebar not picking up mic

Greetings Lowkey_Glytch,

Sorry to hear about your recording issues. Lets see if we can get them fixed.

So recording game clips, by default, is not setup to record a users audio for privacy reasons. However, you can do something to bypass this.

• If you right click the Speakers icon in the bottom right hand side and select Sounds,
  
• then navigate to the Recording tab. You should see your Microphone listed there.
  
• Double click that and select the Listen tab in the new pop up window that appears.
  
• Once on this new tab, select the Listen to this Device check box.
  

This should now allow your microphone to be picked up when recording game clips.

Please note, this can cause a "double audio" issue where you can hear yourself talking now. This can be controlled in the Volume Mixer area of your computer (Right click the speakers icon again and select Volume Mixer. You should see your microphone listed there as a source, you can turn that down to a desirable level for yourself.

Hope this helps and enjoy.

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So I can't have it pick up my mic without me actually having to hear myself?

Hi Deyaiceron, my name is Jose and it is my pleasure to help you.

I am very sorry that you are going through this problem and I understand you perfectly, so with the intention of helping you solve this problem you can try the following steps:

1. Check your audio settings in Xbox Game Bar to make sure your microphone is selected as the input device.
2. Update audio drivers to the latest version.
3. Reset Xbox Game Bar to default settings.
4. Disable exclusive control of your microphone in other applications like Discord.
5. Check your privacy settings to make sure microphone access is allowed in Xbox Game Bar.

If the problem persists, you can also try uninstalling and reinstalling Xbox Game Bar or resetting Windows audio settings to default. If you have any other questions, let me know, I will be happy to continue helping you.

Credits: https://answers.microsoft.com/thread/9495cf21-692c-48e6-ab8d-a06739c0feec

I hope this information is useful to you, I wish you good luck.

Greetings,
Jose.

having the same issue when gamebar is not open in the foreground every other program can use the mic just not xbox or gamebar unless its on top.

use gamebar for party chat instead then you can pop into gamebar setting and set the default mic and output in there better.