Steam: Voice chat explained - how to start a conversation

If you don't want to chat while playing games, you can talk to your fellow players. Meanwhile, Steam has a built-in feature for this purpose, so there is no need to use external voice chat applications. We introduce you to voice chat in this article.

The integrated voice chat of Steam is a practical alternative to Discord and Co.

How to start a voice chat in Steam

Millions of players use Steam every day. Communication via headset is very popular and Steam provides a suitable solution with the new voice chat. To start a voice chat in Steam is quite simple:

1. Open the Steam client on your PC and click on "Friends & Chat" at the bottom right to get to your friends list.
2. Make a right-click on the contact you want to talk to via voice chat and then select the option "Start voice chat" from the context menu.
3. Alternatively, you can also start a chat by clicking on the microphone icon in a speech bubble at the bottom right.
4. Now your counterpart has to confirm the request by clicking on "Join" to participate in the voice chat.

These are the advantages of using Steam voice chat

Thanks to voice chat, external solutions such as Discord or TeamSpeak are no longer mandatory. Dies hat den Vorteil, dass Sie nicht so viele Programme gleichzeitig geöffnet haben müssten. Ressourcen werden geschont und das kommt vor allem schwächeren und älteren PCs entgegen.