Note: This article is not applicable if you’re having microphone issues with multiple games or system-wide problems. In this case, follow these articles (here & here)
What Causes the Microphone to not Work in Overwatch?
First of all, if your microphone is working fine with the other applications then it means it’s not broken. After investigating this particular issue, we found out several different reasons which can be causing the problem In this article, we will provide methods that have been verified and used to fix the problem for many users.
Method 1: In-game Options
Overwatch In-game settings have few options for the microphone, where user can choose the audio driver suitable for their PC and keep the voice chat option always ON. Below are the steps for changing the options. Also, if you changed your push to talk key binding, you might need to change it for each hero. It helped many users.
Method 2: Windows Sound Settings
There can be some minor problems with your microphone settings in Windows, like the device usage can be disabled or microphone level can be down. We can solve these by following the steps below: 4. Check the “Levels” to make sure they are not down
Solution 3: Adjusting the Microphone Privacy Settings
Privacy setting on Windows 10 can be blocking your microphone access for the game. But you can easily fix this by just visiting the Privacy menu in your PC settings and configuring the app to Allow apps to access your Microphone by following the steps below
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