WeChat Microphone Not Working

Is it WeChat or the microphone?

Press START above and speak. If the bar moves, the microphone works and WeChat is missing a permission or using the wrong device. If it stays still, fix the phone or computer first.

Quick checks

• For voice messages, keep your finger on Hold to Talk until you finish speaking; sliding up cancels the message.
• Turn Bluetooth off briefly to rule out a headset taking the call.
• End other calls and close apps that record audio.
• Update WeChat: calling problems after a system update are often fixed in the next WeChat version.

WeChat microphone not working on Android

1. Open Settings › Apps › WeChat › Permissions › Microphone and allow it.
2. Check that the Microphone access tile in quick settings is on.
3. Phones sold in China (Xiaomi, Huawei, Honor, Oppo, Vivo) often have a second permission manager in the phone's security app. Open it and allow WeChat to use the microphone and to run in the background, or calls can connect without sound.
4. Restart the phone after changing permissions.

WeChat microphone not working on iPhone and iPad

1. Open Settings › Apps › WeChat and turn on Microphone.
2. If it cannot be changed, set Settings › Screen Time › Content & Privacy Restrictions › Microphone to Allow Changes.
3. Record a voice memo in the Voice Memos app. If that is silent too, the problem is the iPhone microphone, not WeChat.

WeChat microphone not working on Windows

1. Open Settings › Privacy & security › Microphone (Windows 10: Settings › Privacy › Microphone). Turn on Microphone access and Let apps access your microphone. Apps installed from a website, including most browsers, also need Let desktop apps access your microphone.
2. Set the microphone you want as the default input in Settings › System › Sound › Input. WeChat for Windows follows this default unless you pick another device in its settings.
3. Open WeChat's settings from the ≡ menu at the bottom left and check the microphone or audio device option (the name of the section changes between versions).
4. Sign out of WeChat and sign in again after changing devices.

WeChat microphone not working on Mac

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Microphone and turn on the app. If it is not in the list, it has never asked for the microphone: quit it, open it again and start a call or recording so macOS shows the request.
2. Choose the microphone in System Settings › Sound › Input.
3. Quit WeChat completely (WeChat › Quit WeChat) and open it again so it picks up the new permission.