To activate the voice chat in Fortnite, first of all, we must tap on the menu icon: the one with three horizontal lines, located in the upper right corner of the screen.

Access the menuAccess the menu

After this, we must tap on Settings.

Tap on SettingsTap on Settings

Now, click on the speaker icon and scroll down to find the Voice Chat options, this must be set to On, and Voice Chat Method, which we can set on Push to Talk or Open Mic, depending on whether we prefer to have to tap the screen to talk or not. Sometimes, Fortnite can auto-misconfigure itself, so if you are not being heard by your friends, check that in Voice Chat Method, you have selected Open Mic.

Make sure the chat is activatedMake sure the chat is activated

In this section, it is important to check the Voice Chat volume. This setting lets us set the voice volume of the game, this way, we can control how our friends hear us and how we hear them.

Check the voice chat’s volumeCheck the voice chat’s volume

On the other hand, if you are the one not listening to your friends, make sure your device is not muted.

Party Channel or Game Channel

Fortnite offers us two voice chat channels. To find them, tap on the menu icon, and then, tap on Voice Chat.

View the people connected to the voice chatView the people connected to the voice chat
  • Party Channel: In this channel, you will find all the players invited to the group. We usually use this channel when we play with friends.
  • Game Channel: This is the channel we enter when we play games with unknown players with the Fill option.

We can choose from both options. This is useful because if we play with a friend in Squads, we can choose whether to talk only with our friend in the Party Channel or also talk with the other two members of our squad by connecting all of us to the Game Channel.

To switch between chat channels, just tap on the one you want to use, and it will automatically be activated.

Switch the voice chat channel by tapping on the correct oneSwitch the voice chat channel by tapping on the correct one

If Push to Talk is enabled, a microphone icon appears on the screen. By tapping on it, we activate/deactivate our microphone.

Mute or switch one your microphone by tapping this iconMute or switch one your microphone by tapping this icon

Finally, if we have a noisy member in the group or one who is simply echoing by being in the same room as another player, we can mute it by tapping on its name and tapping on Mute.

Press Mute to mute a teammatePress Mute to mute a teammate

Having explained all this, we should now be able to communicate perfectly with our friends.