Voice chat randomly stops working midgame?

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I have tried everything – updated my drivers, made sure on Windows that my headset is locked into voice input and output – and for some reason in the middle of comp games (and quickplay), my voicechat will stop working. The push to talk button that has worked for me since I’ve had this game in beta just stops showing up as if I’m not selecting it. I can hear, but I cannot comm via voice for the rest of the game until I restart my computer. Then it works for part of a game, and I have to be silenced the rest of the match until I can restart my computer again.

I’m not accidentally muting myself (unbound that key and then rebound it and pressed it twice to make sure), and I’m for sure in the correct voice channels. I will literally go from being able to comm, to suddenly the server not registering me trying to comm mid game when I haven’t touched any options.

Please help!

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I have this same issue, would really like a solution. The only way to fix it is to restart my game, and if I do that between rounds I get a leaver warning (even when I jump right back in).

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If it’s just the PTT bind, I suggest doing a reset on your Overwatch settings in-game.

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Thank you, but I use open mic, so I don’t think it has anything to do with the PTT bind. It’s not only my personal voice that stops working, I can no longer hear my teammates either when it freezes up. Sometimes it will happen in the middle of talking and the “voice bubbles” in the top left (that show who is talking) will be frozen in time as well.

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You mentioned having the same issue as OP, which said their PTT bind wasn’t working. If you have another issue, I’d suggest the sound troubleshooting steps here: Troubleshooting Sound Issues - Blizzard Support

If that fails, open a ticket for your issue.

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Issue still happens on and off. Not as much lately.

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The year is 2023. We are playing Overwatch 2. And this is still a problem. I legit can’t play comp because I won’t be able to talk with my team.

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still an issue in July 2023. wtf?

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maybe a class action law sue might fix this. this been happened since ow1