Xbox party sounds bad

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 despite this Flamehead2009

This can be a bit odd, but may I know if you tried adjusting your Date & Time settings? I know that sounds a bit odd, but this may fix your issue.

Right click the time and the date at the bottom right corner of your screen

Select "Adjust date and time"

Switch "Set time automatically" to on

Switch "Set time zone automatically" to on

Hit the "Sync now" button next to "Sync now"

Or, have you tried "Format" for your Microphone in the sound settings for your input device?

Go to your Settings > Bluetooth & devices

Select Devices > Scroll down to Related settings and select Sound

Select your audio input device under Input.



In the next menu, you should see Format under Input settings. Select an audio format that's no higher than 48000 Hz (DVD Quality)

Try joining a party in the Game Bar or the Xbox app to verify whether or not the changes solved the issue. If that doesn't work, try adjusting the audio format by repeating the steps above to verify if any other format works.

If that doesn't work, double check and do the next:

Open Xbox Game Bar > Go to Audio widget > Select the Voice

Change Windows default input to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.

Change Default communications input and output to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.

Scroll down to More Settings > Xbox Party Chat

Change Audio output and input to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.

Verify that push to talk is not enabled

Finally open the Xbox app

Click your profile icon at the top right corner of the page

Select Settings > Audio

Set your default Input device and output device to the headset or microphone you'd like to use.

Verify that push to talk is not enabled again

Please also double check if you have audio enhancements enabled, if yes disable it.

You can follow this quick tutorial:

https://www.intowindows.com/turn-on-or-off-audi...

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Oh, I see
If possible please try using a different headset, can be a friend's headset
Or if you're using the beats wireless right now, get a 3.5mm jack cable

In the meantime I can advise you reinstall your wifi/Bluetooth driver from the manufacturer site
Do you know which Bluetooth version your PC have?
(Example, Bluetooth 2.1, 4.2, 5.0 etc)

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 k4yk4y

So, now you have as a default input and output the devices you want, right?

Please verify that "push to talk" is not enabled on game bar

Please also double check if you have audio enhancements enabled, if yes disable it.
You can follow this quick tutorial:
https://www.intowindows.com/turn-on-or-off-audi...

I'll be waiting for your feedback, greetings from another Microsoft user!

Unfortunately, I broke the headset that i prefer so these beats are the only headphones I have right now. Also, I never tried my last my last headset in an Xbox party so I don't know if I would've had the same issue.

Hello, thanks for the advice. I tried this but my party still sounds the same.