How to Set Up and Use Voice Chat in Overwatch 2 on PC or Console

Everything you need to know about setting up voice chat

Co-authored by Hannah Dillon

Last Updated: August 20, 2024 Fact Checked

In Overwatch 2, communication is incredibly important to clutch a win. The easiest way to communicate in the moment is by using Overwatch 2's built in voice chat, which is enabled by default. However, there are a number of voice chat settings, so you may want to fine-tune these options to fit your needs. In this article we'll teach you how to find and alter your voice chat settings, as well as how to use voice chat in game on PC, Playstation, and Xbox.

Things You Should Know

To use voice chat during an Overwatch 2 match, go to the social menu and click the headphone icon next to the channel you'd like to join.
You can adjust your input and output volume for voice chat via the Sounds settings menu.
If you set your channels to Auto Join, you'll join them as soon as you are able to without having to manually select them.

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You can do this by hitting the Esc button on PC or buy clicking the start button on your controller.
A number of options will appear on the screen, and there will be some options on the sidebar.

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By default, voice chat is turned on in Overwatch 2 until you go into the settings to turn it off.
The top slider controls voice chat volume (or how loud you hear the voice chat through your speakers or headphones) and the bottom slider controls voice chat microphone volume (how loud you sound to others).
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Select your voice chat behavior per channel. There are three voice chat channels, and each one can be set to On , Off , or Auto Join . On means you can connect to that voice chat channel, and Off means you cannot. Auto Join means you'll automatically join that channel as soon as you're able to, so you won't have to manually click to enter voice chat. The voice chat channels are as follows:
- Group Voice Chat: Allows you to talk to the players in your group before a match, if you are grouped up
- Team Voice Chat: Allows you to talk to your entire team
- Match Voice Chat: Allows you to talk to everyone in the game if you're in a Custom Game
- The final option in this section is not a voice chat channel, but is an on/off toggle for if you want to see voice chat nameplate icons when someone is talking.
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Set your voice chat devices. Most users can leave this on Default Devices , but you can switch it to Comms Devices if your voice chat sound is not working properly.
- Note that you must have the appropriate input device (microphone) and output device (headphones/speakers) set to Default to use the Default Devices option. ^{[1]
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Pick a voice chat mode for PC. PC users have the option of Push to Talk mode or Free Mic mode. Free Mic mode means you can just freely speak into your microphone and whatever you say will be relayed over voice chat. Push to Talk mode means that you must push and hold a button on your keyboard to allow your microphone to pick up your voice, and if that button is not pressed, the other people in voice chat won't be able to hear you.
- Push to Talk is turned on by default, so you'll have to change it to Free Mic if you don't want to do Push to Talk. ^{[2]
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- If you want to adjust which key is your Push to Talk key, click the Push to Talk Keys button under the Voice Chat Mode option.
If you set your channels to Auto Join you will join the voice chat immediately.
On PC, pressing P will bring you directly to the Social menu . On console, you must enter the Pause menu first then scroll down and select Social .
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Scroll over to or select Groups . On the left-hand side of this screen you will see the three voice channels: Group (green), Team (blue), and Match (orange).
- If you're not in a match or in a pre-match Skirmish, the Groups tab will be empty and you won't be able to swap between voice channels.
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Select the headphone icon for the voice chat you want to join. You can swap between these channels at any time, though the Match channel can only be used in Custom Games.
- You can also mute other players on this menu. Simply scroll over to the person you want to mute and hit the orange mute icon next to their name.
- If you have Team Voice Chat enabled, you can easily swap to it by clicking the blue Join Team Chat button on the hero select menu.