When you are playing Among Us games, it is important for you to interact with other players to find the Impostor. To do that, you need to communicate with others by using a feature for chatting such as voice chat. However, as we know that so far, Among Us does not have a voice chat feature. So, how to enable us to interact with others?
Since Among Us does not have a voice chat feature, so you need to use the other apps out of the game to be able to communicate with others. What are they? There are some options that you can use.
Using a Voice Chat from Third Party Apps
When you know that Among Us does not have a voice chat feature, it may make you disappointed and do not know what to do. Well, do not be sad and do not give up because you still can use the third party apps for enabling you to communicate with other players. There are a lot of third party chat apps that you can choose to use such as Google Meet, Messenger, Skype, WhatsApp and Discord. If you play Among Us games on PC, you are able to use the app by opening it on your browser and then run it alongside the game. But, if you play the game on mobile, the app version should be able to run fine alongside Among Us.
If you play Among Us on PC, you are able to access the Settings and then you can change the Graphics Settings and then choose Fullscreen to off. By doing it, it will switch the game to windowed so that it will help you. Then, it is better for you to use headphones so that you will not give the sound effects of your game. Also, you need to note that you have to mute yourself when it is important such as when you are killed. So, it will not spoil the game for other players.
If you play the game on Nintendo Switch, you are able to use one of the third party options above on a separate device such as your PC or smartphone. Alternatively, if you are playing with other Switch players, you are able to use voice chat in the Nintendo Switch online app.
Discord is a popular platform among gamers. So, among the apps that we mentioned above, Discord can be your choice to enable you to have voice chat with other players in Among Us games. Discord is a communication app and it can permit you to be able to create chat rooms for about every need. This app is a good option to host invite-only gatherings with all your friends. Discord can work well on your PC and also your smartphone so that you will not have any issues connecting one another. With Discord, you will be able to talk to the other players while you are playing the game and trying to find out who the impostor is.
Using Voice Chat Through BlueStacks
You are able to have a voice chat feature in Among Us if you play the game through BlueStacks. Voice chat feature is a BlueStack-exclusive feature which can be enjoyed by people who play Among Us on BlueStacks app player. This feature can be found on the bottom left corner of your home screen which is represented by the phone icon. The settings that you need to enable voice chat in Among Us and also how to start chatting with other players are explained below.
The first thing that you have to do to be able to have voice chat feature in Among Us using BlueStacks is to create a BlueStacks Group Call. How to do that? You are able to do the steps below.
- To create a BlueStacks group call, the first step that you have to do is to click on the voice chat button that can be found on the bottom left. Then, you have to click on Start Group Call.
- After that, you have to type in your nickname there and then click on Start Group Call.
- Here, you have to choose your preferred audio input and output devices for the voice chat by using the dropdown menus. Then, you must click on Okay.
- Now, your voice chat lobby will be active. If your friends want to join it, they can use the group call ID and then they can start chatting.
After creating a BlueStack group call, now how to join a group call? If there is your friend or another player who created a group call and then you want to join it, you are able to do that by following the steps below.
- First, you have to click on the voice chat button and then click on Join Group Call.
- After that, the thing that you have to do is to type in the group call ID which is provided by the host and your nickname. Then, do not forget to click on Join Call.
- In this step, you have to choose your preferred audio input and output devices for the voice chat by using the dropdown menus and then click on Okay.
- Now, you are ready to chat with the other players on the call.
By adding voice chat to the mix makes playing Among Us different if we compare to use regular text chat. The matches will be more hectic because the players do not need to wait until group meetings to chat. They can simply throw their suspicion to and fro. So, it makes every match very hectic and entertaining.
For your information, BlueStacks is a free Android emulator platform and you can use it for enabling you to run Android apps on your PC. You are able to use it for Windows and Mac OS. This emulator has ARM emulation. However, it can slow down under loads which are heavy on modern PCs. Lowering the internal resolution with the built-in UI can increase the performance.
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