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Home»Gaming»Valorant Voice Chat Not Working? Here’s How to Fix it

Valorant Voice Chat Not Working? Here’s How to Fix it

ShreeteshBy ShreeteshDecember 17, 2022
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Talking to your teammates in Valorant can give you a great advantage while playing Valorant. Talking to each other helps you find out the enemy location, coordinate attacks, and push through. 

If you tried activating voice chat but still cannot hear your friends, or they can’t hear you, you can go through some of the solutions below.

Table of Contents

  • Allow Microphone Access
  • Ensure Your Microphone Is Working Correctly
  • Update Audio Drivers
  • Reset Valorant’s Audio Settings
  • Clean Boot

Allow Microphone Access

You might not be aware that your system is not allowing Valorant to access the microphone. You can follow the procedure below to check and allow Valorant to read microphone input.

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Find and click on the Privacy and Security option on the left.
  3. Please scroll down to find the Microphone option and select it.
    acces microphone
  4. Turn on the Microphone access if it is off.
  5. Scroll down to see the Let desktop apps access your microphone option and turn it on if off.

Ensure Your Microphone Is Working Correctly

Often, your system may not be using a different microphone than you are using. For instance, the default microphone may not be present while your PC still uses it for audio input. You can change the audio input through the following steps.

  1. Right-click on the speaker icon on the bottom right of the desktop.
  2. Select Sound Settings.
  3. Under the Input section, ensure you select the microphone you are using.
    choose microphonr
  4. In the same settings, you can also check if the microphone volume is low or not. If low, set it to your preference.
  5. Open Valorant and check if the error persists.

If the settings are correct and your microphone is not picking up anything on Valorant, you can try opening another application that uses the microphone and test it. If it is not working on the app, there might be a problem with your microphone or its drivers.

Update Audio Drivers

If you are using branded headphones with a microphone such as CORSAIR, you can open the companion app and update the drivers. Let’s look at using the iCUE software of CORSAIR devices for an easier illustration.

  1. Ensure your headphones and microphone are on and connected, and launch the iCUE software.
  2. Go to Device settings.
  3. Press the Check for Updates button.
    icue software
  4. Wait until the software finds the latest software and hit the install button.
  5. After the process is complete, it is best to restart your PC for the drivers to take effect properly.

Additionally, if you are using your laptop’s built-in or default microphone, you can use the Device Manager and update the audio drivers.

  1. Right-click on the Start menu and select Device Manager.
  2. Find the Audio inputs and outputs option and expand it.
  3. Right-click on the microphone you are using.
  4. Select Update Driver.
    update-driver
  5. Now, in the popup window, select Search automatically for drivers option.
  6. Wait until the process finishes.
  7. Check to see if your microphone works.

Reset Valorant’s Audio Settings

There might be a problem with the Valorant’s audio settings in some cases. You can reet it to default and then turn on voice chat to see if it fixes your problem.

  1. Launch Valorant and open Settings.
  2. Go to the Audio tab.
  3. Steer to the Voice Chat section.
    change audio settings
  4. Set the Input and Output device to Default System Device.
  5. Increasing the Incoming Volume and Mic Volume above 50% is advisable.
  6. Run a game and see if voice chat works.

Clean Boot

There are reports from users mentioning that there can be apps and services conflicting with Valorant due to which the microphone does not function in Valorant. If you suspect that’s the case for you, you can try the following fix.

  1. Open the Run dialog box by pressing Windows key + R.
  2. Enter msconfig on the box and press OK.
  3. Go to the Services tab.
  4. Please make sure the Hide all Microsoft services option is checked at the bottom left.
  5. Hit the Disable all button on the bottom right.
  6. Find vgc on the list and checkmark the box.
    vgc
  7. Press Apply and then OK to save your changes.
  8. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
  9. Go to the Startup tab.
  10. Disable all the applications you do not want running in the background. You can exclude applications like Windows Security in order to protect your system from threats.
    status-disabled
  11. Restart your device and run Valorant.
  12. Check if the problem persists.

Hopefully, you are fully customed to using the voice chat feature on Valorant with the help of this guide and troubleshoot if any problem arises. 

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Shreetesh

If you were to combine writing and gaming, you would get me, Shreetesh. An avid gamer and a tech enthusiast who also has a knack for writing. With a year of content writing experience, I try my best to write tech and gaming-related content in a way that anyone can follow through. If I am not writing, you will probably find me pushing an attack on Valorant or writing poems in a quiet cafe.

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