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Fortnite is one of the most popular games launched in 2017. It is a cross-platform Battle Royale game available to Android, ios and Xbox users. Some users have complained about issues that has to do with Fortnite Voice Chat Not Working, this article addresses that, as well as offering alternatives to the voice chat and how to turn off the voice chat.<\/p>\n
Not being able to communicate with your teammate during the game can be very frustrating as there is no way to coordinate with your team during the game without a voice chat and some Fortnite gamers have come out to say that they can not hear their teammates and vice versa. While none of the solutions below is cut and dry, they are worth a shot because many users facing the same issues have reported success after using one of them.<\/p>\n
Before we get down to more advanced fixes, we’ll try the very basic things like<\/p>\n
This may sound like a no-brainer, but it has worked for a good number of users and we hope it works for you but if it doesn’t, move on the next hack.<\/p>\n
If you are not on a wireless headset, unplug and replug your headset. Check the volume button and make sure you do not have it on mute. If you are using a wireless headset, check that it is powered on and that you have a strong connection to your gaming computer. Check that the headset works fine on other platforms and if it does, you can cross your headset off the suspect list.<\/p>\n
\nTo do this, Navigate to your Fortnite game settings and turn the voice chat button off and on a few times. To get started;<\/p>\n
Fortnite patches are regularly released by the game developers to fix bugs. It is possible, that a recent patch may have stopped your chat from working and a new patch is required to fix it. You can take the following steps to automatically install future updates to the system if a patch is available –<\/p>\n
Check to make sure your audio drivers are up to date and if you have done this previously, check on the Fortnite forums that this is not the issue since drivers updates have been known to break game functionality for some users. If this happens to be the issue, simply roll back to a previous update. Otherwise,<\/p>\n
If you have gone through this list and you still get the Fortnite Voice Chat Not Working error, you might have to reinstall the game as a last resort.<\/p>\n
You might have tried all of the above and hit a rock or you might just be looking for an alternative to the voice chat. The Discord app seems to be a perfect alternative. The Discord app is an app designed to serve the gaming community. It allows users to text message, voice and video call creating a perfect channel for gamers to communicate and strategize with their team midgame.
\nWith over 130M registered users, Discord is available for PCs, Macs, and mobile devices.<\/p>\n