Microphone not working in game

[Ms. Hyde]

I have an asus zephyrus G15 and my mic doesn't seem to work in game but works fine for steam voice chat. For context, I have already updated all drivers, turned on my privacy settings for the game and my control panel is indicating the games are successfully accessing my microphone. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Jack Schitt]

You didn't mention what game it is or if you've checked the in-game settings. You will probably get better guidance on that specific game's voice chat and mic settings on that game's forums.

[Ms. Hyde]

Literally all games. And I have checked individual settings in each. But ok

[Ms. Hyde]

Been online with asus and microsoft support all day and haven't found anything. This is kind of my last hope :(

[Orpheus™]

Kinda dumb question but... you did checked the client's VOICE settings, right?

It sounds like the mic is indeed working and only the games can't pick anything up so to me it's either Windows (slim chance if voice chat is working) or the client misconfiguring the mic.

[crunchyfrog]

Could be the old Windows issue (it's a long shot I admit).

I get it from time to time on Windows 10 as I use loads of different audio systems.

Windows 10 (and 11 afaik) has this issue where if you have more than one audio device it gets confused as to which one to switch to. So it can sometimes manifest as no sound in games or other weirdness. For me it usually happens that I'll get no sound in game (on certain games) or it'll play back on the wrong device.

To try and fix this, go to Windows settings, and choose audio. On that page, click the text that lists all audio devices and you should them listed. Disable ALL except the one you want to use (the headset).

See if that works for you.