Xbox is testing a new "safety feature" that will give players the ability to report inappropriate voice chat in online multiplayer games across Xbox One and Xbox Series X. Voice chat is one of the key features of most online gaming services. It allows players to communicate with each other to strategize against their opponents, though oftentimes voice chat is used for trolling, flaming, and harassing others.

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The new voice reporting feature will let Xbox gamers record 60 seconds of gameplay and in-game voice chat to report when they're done playing their game, as long as they do so within 24 hours. Xbox stressed that it is not "saving or uploading any voice clips" that players aren't purposefully choosing to record and report. Clips of "inappropriate verbal behavior" will be automatically deleted if players don't submit them within the 24-hour window. Xbox said that it will notify players about whether it decided to take action on the clip or not.

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Xbox will first roll out this new voice chat feature to members of the Xbox Insiders program. For the uninitiated, Xbox Insiders is an optional program that Xbox gamers can sign up for that lets them test out new console features ahead of time. This way Xbox can ensure that the new features are in a desirable state before they are released to the masses.

It remains to be seen how Xbox users will react to this new feature. Whenever it comes out that voice chat is being recorded, it seems to upset people, and it's quite possible that will happen here, too. However, Xbox pointing out that it's not just recording all voice chat and only what's being reported may make people more welcoming of the new feature. We'll have to wait for the new Xbox voice reporting tools to be rolled out to the Xbox community at large to see how the public reacts to it.

There should be plenty of other features and improvements on the way in future Xbox console updates. Microsoft releases new updates for its consoles on a regular basis, so while some fans may not be thrilled about the voice reporting features, there could very well be something of more interest to them on the horizon.

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