Why do headphones echo when playing games? How to fix it?

Headphones that echo when playing games make you feel extremely uncomfortable, difficult to accurately judge the situation and can cause you to lose. Even with newly purchased headphones, the price is high-end but there is still a possibility of this situation happening. So how do we handle this situation?

Why do headphones echo when playing games?

If you are a gamer, especially in FPS games like CS:GO or PUBG. you will see how important sound is when playing games. Using good headphones will help you orient the sound, detect where the enemy is coming from. In the groups of these games, many gamers also complain that they encounter the problem of echoing in their headphones when playing games without knowing if it is due to hardware or game. So let's find out the cause of this situation!

Due to poor quality headphones are not guaranteed

Usually, most gamers are students. Therefore, most of the accessories supporting gaming are minimized with minimal cost and gaming headsets can also be among them. If you are using a cheap headset, it means that the quality of the headset is also difficult to guarantee. In addition to echo errors, poor quality gaming headsets will encounter other problems such as distortion, loss of sound, only hearing on one side, unable to use the mic.

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Cheap gaming headsets often have poor quality

Holding the headset mic too close

On current gaming headset models, most have built-in microphones for user convenience. According to my observation, many of you have the habit of pulling the microphone close to your mouth, close to the headset. With headset models that have a very sensitive microphone, poor sound filtering, this habit will accidentally cause the sound from the headset to leak into the microphone, causing echoes. If you encounter an echo error when playing games and have the habit of holding the microphone close, try pulling the microphone a little further away from the headset and check to see if it can be fixed.

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Placing the microphone close to the headphones often causes echoing and duplication.

Bluetooth connection is intermittent

Wireless headphones are a modern trend. In addition to reducing tangled wire connections, creating a comfortable, unlimited space, using headphones makes gamers' gaming corners look neater and more modern. Most wireless headphones on the market today use a Bluetooth receiver to connect the headphones to the computer. But for some reason, unstable Bluetooth coverage / reception can also cause problems that make the sound unstable, including the error of the headphones echoing when playing games.

Unstable network quality

Not all errors that cause the headset to echo when playing games come from the headset. The LAN or Wifi connection when playing games does not ensure bandwidth, slow speed, and unstable transmission also causes lag, causing the sound to echo and repeat.

So how to fix the problem of headphones echoing when playing games?

Based on the above situations, we can come up with the following ways to handle headphone echo when playing games:

Invest in better quality gaming headsets

A cheap gaming headset with average quality is currently around 400-500 thousand VND. Instead, spending a little more will help you own better quality gaming headsets from famous and reputable brands in the gaming gear industry such as Logitech, HyperX. These high-end gaming headsets will ensure gaming experiences, providing better and more stable sound quality.

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Update driver, support software

Gaming headsets from major brands often come with support software. If your headset is not working properly, use this software to reset the settings to default, update the new firmware to get the best support for your device.

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Place the mic and headphones at a suitable distance

Moving your headphones away from the microphone will isolate the output sound and the input sound. This will also solve the problem of echo. The sound quality will be better, and you will enjoy your game more!

Check stable network connection

A slow network connection not only affects the gameplay but also causes many bad experiences in both sound and image. Check your network connection to see if it is in good condition. If it is unstable, try resetting the modem to improve network quality.

Reset computer

Resetting the computer is often a very basic but miraculous way to somehow fix many errors encountered. Simply put, if your computer has just updated or updated the driver, resetting the computer will help the computer complete this process to help peripheral devices operate in the best state.

Above are some cases that you can easily encounter that cause your headphones to echo when playing games. The ways to fix this situation are not too complicated. Based on this article, TipsMake hopes that you can feel more secure and calm when encountering this error!

Isabella Humphrey

Update 16 January 2025

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