Discord on Xbox: Second player can't hear anything in local Split-Screen co-op. Any fix?
Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone here has cracked the code on this because it’s driving my partner and me a bit crazy.
We regularly play Fortnite in split-screen on our Xbox Series S, and since our friends are all on different platforms, Discord is our go-to for hanging out. We both have our own Xbox profiles and we use separate controllers, each with a headset plugged directly into the 3.5mm jack.
The problem is that as soon as I start the Discord call, the app seems to become "exclusive" to my account. We’ve tried the trick where the second player goes into the "People" tab, finds my profile, and hits "Join Voice Chat," but it just doesn't work for us. Even after joining, the second player hears absolutely nothing from the chat—total silence—and their mic isn't picked up at all. It feels like the Xbox OS or the Discord app itself just locks the entire audio stream to the primary controller and ignores the second one entirely.
Is this just a hard software limitation of how Discord works on Xbox, or are we missing some obscure privacy setting? We really want to find a way for both of us to hear and talk to our friends without one of us being left out of the loop.
Thanks in advance for any advice!