Proximity Chat audio cutting out for all players since v40.00

Summary

Since the v40.00 update, Proximity Chat is broken. The audio keeps cutting in and out constantly while people are talking. It makes it impossible to have a conversation,sometimes it even cuts out completely.

Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Audio

Steps to Reproduce

Open an island with Proximity Chat

Join a populated lobby and start talking to other players.

You’ll notice the audio randomly stutters or goes dead silent for a few seconds at a time.

Expected Result

Proximity Chat should have stable audio without any cutting out or stuttering.
Also work 100% of the time, now sometimes u cant hear a person at all.

Observed Result

The audio is super unstable. It’s intermittent, so it doesn’t happen every single second, but it happens enough in every session to make the game unplayable.

Platform(s)

pc,console,mobile,switch

Island Code

6462-6469-4435

Additional Notes

Also, the “talking” icons are bugged and always show next to players names even if they are very far away outside of the proximity range.

FORT-1078400 has been created and its status is ‘Unconfirmed’. This is now in a queue to be reproduced and confirmed.