A team-based first-person shooter game; Overwatch is a must-play for game enthusiasts. But some players can’t hear people in Overwatch but can speak without any interruptions.
Are you facing the same issue in the game? Here I come with the right set of instructions to fix the issue and make the experience immersive and enjoyable. Find the listed solutions and get to them easily.
Can’t Hear People in Overwatch but Can Speak
To fix the issue start off with the most basic settings and setup options that could be causing the inconvenience. Check you are in the correct channel, group, or team. Make sure the microphone or headset is plugged in. Check the mute switch attached to the headset is unmuted. Update drivers and Windows Operating System.
These are the basics and make sure you are meeting the standard operating protocol. If this does not fix the problem, you need to go through some additional setting changes.
Choose one and apply it properly following the guidelines. If it does not change things for you, then go to the next option in this guide. Let’s get to them step by step.
Confirm in-Game Audio Settings
Most of the time it is the audio settings. For this, you will have to go to the ‘Options’ menu and choose the ‘Sound’ and check if the setting is properly set or not. Here you specifically need to look for ‘Team Voice Chat’ or ‘Group Voice Chat’ on or off.
- Choose ‘Esc Menu’
- Go to ‘Options’
- Tap on the ‘Sound’ tab.
- Now choose the ‘Voice Chat.’
- Here turn on the various voice chat options including ‘Group Voice Chat,’ ‘Team Voice Chat,’ ‘Match Voice Chat,’ etc.
Either do the above steps or simply set your voice chat settings to the default. This way you get the automatic settings when you join the game.
Remove Nahimic File
In most cases, there is the Nahimic that is causing the trouble. It blocks the voice chat in the game. This could be the reason that your device is showing trouble just because of this.
Here you can either attempt to disable this file or directly remove it at once. Once that is done, the problem should be fixed and you can start to hear the conversations from your team or group.
Change Recording Device Settings
On a windows device, you need to check the recording device settings if you can’t hear people in Overwatch but can speak. Verify the default set is properly placed. Here is how you should go about it:
- From the System Tray on your Windows computer Task Bar right-click the speaker icon.
- Now select ‘Recording Devices.’
- Here confirm the correct device is set as the default option.
- Now choose the device and click the ‘Properties.’
- Here verify if ‘Allow Applications to take exclusive control of this device’ is in the unchecked state.
Check Sound Communications Settings
Here is how you can do that.
- Go to Windows main screen and activate the ‘Search’ bar.
- Here type ‘Sound.’
- Now choose the ‘Communications’ tab.
- Here find, ‘When Windows detects communications activity’ and change it to ‘Do Nothing.’
Update Security Settings
For this first make sure that the Overwatch and Battle.net app are no longer running in the foreground or background.
- Now open Microsoft Edge/ Internet Explorer.
- Go to ‘Internet Options.’
- Now open the ‘Advanced’ tab.
- Scroll down to the ‘Security’ section.
- Here Uncheck the boxes to disable SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0.
- Check the boxes to enable TLS 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2, and click on ‘Apply.’
Final Words
If you can’t hear people in Overwatch but can speak properly and others can hear you, then there are a few steps, which if you take properly can solve the problem for you.