Phasmophobia Voice Chat Not Working – How to fix

Phasmophobia is a game about cooperation, working together as paranormal detectives to find out what ghost is causing the haunting and how to stop it! Talking is a massive part of teamwork, as communication is key to success. Still, if Voice Chat isn't currently working for some users, the probability of success slowly dwindles to death. If you have problems with Voice Chat not working in Phasmophobia, try the temporary fixes in this guide!

What causes the voice bug in Phasmophobia?

There could be a few causes for the voice bug in Phasmophobia. It's a good idea to start troubleshooting your operating system to ensure everything works properly. First, you must make sure your microphone is properly set up in Windows audio settings:

• In Windows, Right-click the Speaker icon on the bottom right of the screen.
• While in the Sound Settings menu, scroll down until you see an Input section, make sure your microphone is selected from the dropdown menu.
• Still in Sound Settings, click on the Sound Control Panel in the upper right corner of the window.
• Click the Recording tab, and make sure your microphone is Set as Default Device by right-clicking on it and selecting that option.
• You need to check that the microphone Input device in Sound Settings and the Default device in the Sound Control Panel Recording tab are the same. These two selections need to be synced, or you will experience issues.

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The Ouija board and Spirit box not working bug

Even if you made sure your sound settings in Windows are all set up properly, the Ouija board and Spirit box may still not be working. Players who run into these issues can hear each other in the game but can't use the Spirit box or an Ouija board. This happens due to an in-game bug that triggers by alt-tabbing from the game.

You can see if the glitch has started to appear using the Spirit box. Push to talk and start speaking. The X symbol below the MHz should turn on. If it doesn't, that means the glitch happened, and you won't be able to interact with ghosts.

The fix for this issue is simple, there are two things you can do:

• Press Alt and tab to go to the desktop and click on the game icon on the taskbar. Do not press Alt and tab back into the game.
• Press the Windows key two times.

The game developers still haven't addressed the issue, but we are monitoring the new patch releases and updates. We will update this post as soon as the fix is published.

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