Xbox Wireless Headset updated — official Xbox Series X headset just got a mic fix

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Xbox Wireless Headset updated — official Xbox Series X headset just got a mic set up

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If you lot've been lucky enough to catch yourself an Xbox Series X likewise as the official Xbox Wireless Headset, nosotros have expert news: Xbox Insider patch notes just revealed an update that improves the headset's mic performance.

In improver to several issues fixes for the console itself, the release includes a firmware update for the Xbox Wireless Headset that increases mic monitoring levels, making it easier to hear yourself when you speak.

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Mic monitoring can be very helpful during games, where in the heat of the moment information technology can be hard to tell how clearly your friendly chat, tactical calls and/or vexed yelps might be heard by teammates. While our gaming editor Marshall didn't take a trouble with the Xbox Wireless Headset's mic monitoring level when testing for his review, obviously some Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S owners felt it was a little too quiet.

This update should therefore make your own voice louder to yourself, so y'all can exist more than confident of your voice chat coming through clearly on the other end.

The update besides reduces the volume of status tones, which our review did identify as a trouble. "The notification sounds for activation, pairing and low bombardment are all obnoxiously loud, and there'southward no mode to lower the volume," wrote Marshall. This update should hopefully satisfy anyone else who found the Xbox Wireless Headset's beeps and boops too harsh on the ear.

While the Xbox Wireless Headset has already earned a spot among the best gaming headsets, information technology's not perfect, so we're glad that this update does seem to brand meaningful improvements to an already very practiced peripheral.

If y'all'd prefer not to spend more on our electric current tiptop choice, the SteelSeries Arctis 7X, it could be a very encouraging sign that Microsoft is continuing to better its $99 headset after release.

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James is currently Hardware Editor at Rock Paper Shotgun, only before that was Audio Editor at Tom's Guide, where he covered headphones, speakers, soundbars and anything else that intentionally makes noise. A PC enthusiast, he as well wrote computing and gaming news for TG, usually relating to how difficult it is to find graphics card stock.

Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/xbox-wireless-headset-updated-official-xbox-series-x-headset-just-got-a-mic-fix

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