Mic not detected in Overwatch / Battlenet

Hello HyNeko!

Battle.net and Overwatch utilize the same voice chat technology, so the uniformity of the issue makes sense. Let’s check a few other Windows settings related to the microphone.

Make sure Exclusive Mode is disabled:

  1. Right-click the speaker icon in the system tray and select Recording Devices.
  2. Select your device and click Properties.
  3. Select the Advanced Tab.
  4. Uncheck any boxes in the Exclusive Mode section.

Change how Windows behaves when it detects communications devices:

  1. Hit Windows key and type sound.
  2. Go to the Sound options.
  3. Click the Communications tab.
  4. For the setting “When Windows detects communications activity”, set it to “Do nothing”.

In conjunction with the above step, in-game you can go to Audio settings and try toggling your voice chat device between Default Devices or Comms Devices.