[CRITICAL] Proximity voice chat completely broken since update 40.20

Summary

In-game proximity voice chat has been completely non-functional since update 40.20. No player can hear teammates or nearby players, making in-game communication impossible.

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Audio

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Launch Fortnite after installing update 40.20.

  2. Join an island with proximity voice chat enabled.

  3. Position yourself near a teammate, or have a teammate join you in-game.

  4. Attempt to speak via voice chat (open mic or push-to-talk).

Expected Result

Players within proximity range should hear each other clearly through voice chat, as was the case before update 40.20.

Observed Result

Since update 40.20, no audio is transmitted at all. Players cannot hear each other under any circumstance when using proximity voice chat. The feature appears to be completely broken.

Platform(s)

All

Island Code

2327-7349-9384

Video

Additional Notes

This issue is fully reproducible and occurs in every match since the update. No changes were made to audio devices, in-game settings, or permissions prior to the issue starting.

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Thank you for reporting, I’ve escalated this internally

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Same thing with us

Same

Same for me

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I can confirm that proximity chat is broken again. It works most of the time, but sometimes you can’t hear anyone at all.

I tested 10 different lobbies, and in 2 of them I couldn’t hear anyone, even though the other players said they could hear and talk to each other.

I was then placed back into one of those same lobbies, and after rejoining I could suddenly hear everyone again.

Could this issue please be given priority? This is now the third time proximity chat has broken, and previous fixes took around two months.

The status of FORT-1154622 changed to ‘Needs Triage’. We are routing this to the appropriate team for investigation.