They will be able to choose to either answer the call or to ignore it by clicking the appropriate button at the top of the chat window. The person on the other end will be alerted by a ringing sound and a Steam notification.
To begin a voice chat with somebody, open a regular chat with them on Steam and click on the arrow button located at the top right of the window.įrom the drop down menu select Start voice chat. When you're done configuring your settings click on Ok to save them. You can change the Push-to-talk key once this option is checked. If you select Use a push-to-talk key to transmit my voice you'll need to hold down your specified Push-to-talk key to transmit. Selecting Automatically transmit my voice whenever I speak will enable sensitivity in other words your microphone will transmit if it detects sound. The last section allows you to choose if you'd like to use push-to-talk or sensitivity. The microphone volume will adjust how loud you are to other people, and the receive volume will adjust how loud other people transmit to you. The next section allows you to adjust your send and receive volumes. If you've recently added a new microphone or removed an old one Steam can re-detect recording devices by clicking on the Detect Audio Devices button. You can change which recording device Steam uses by clicking on the Change Device button. The first of the three will allow you choose your recording (microphone) device. The microphone settings are split into three sections. If you're using Steam Big Picture these settings can be found by clicking the settings button from the main screen and choosing voice.
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Mac users will need to choose Steam and then Preferences from the applications menu at the top of the screen.įrom the Steam settings page click on the Voice tab at the top to access your microphone settings. This can be done from the Steam client by clicking on the button labelled Steam and then choosing Settings from the drop down menu. Before you're able to use Steam Voice Chat you'll need to configure your microphone within your Steam settings.