Maybe its the apps I use or maybe its android, but plenty of my apps run in the background while continuing to provide audio
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Nintendo Switch Online app now available on most Google Play and App Stores
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Maybe its the apps I use or maybe its android, but plenty of my apps run in the background while continuing to provide audio
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
ITS NOT WORKING!!!! FIX THIS NOOBTENDO!!
shanafan
Member
Do you play for YouTube Red then? Doesn't YouTube cut off audio if you open another app without having Red?
It sounds like microphone input is what turns it off, but it's not super clear...
serenewarfare
Banned
Other voice chat apps don't work like that. Stuff like Skype and Discord just run in the background, even when using other apps.
This isn't a video chat. There's no reason for it to go off when the app is closed.
Ricerocket
Member
Audio apps typically can run in the background...
The app suspending should you want to do simple texting is just bad, it's mind boggling that this is the solution Nintendo went with over having it on the base OS.
The app suspending should you want to do simple texting is just bad, it's mind boggling that this is the solution Nintendo went with over having it on the base OS.
Basic Youtube does, yes, but off the top of my head, my Google Voice/Hangout apps keeps the connection there, and Waze keeps the direction and alerts when minimized
AlexFlame116
Member
No it cuts off if you put your phone to sleep. Otherwise it keeps playing.
waterproofjesus
Member
Depends on the app/permissions. iOS for instance handles certain apps differently depending on how/which APIs are being utilized - for instance, a long time ago Facebook got into trouble with Apple for secretly performing bogus actions in the background, simulating a background audio component in order to keep their app running at all times, presumably to gather user information during non-Facebook user tasks.
Edit: the situation here is that opening any OTHER media playback application or opening the phone.app will always take precedence over any previous/background application that's currently using the same APIs
I'm also on Android, and Twitch work the same as this app.
maybe because it think it self as voice app ? so it want to limit itself ? I don't really know.
And yeah, Youtube work in the background but it still cut itself out when you call somebody right ? Don't know about the message part though.
Edit: Come on Nintendo, turn the damn thing on so I can test this thing. Jeeez
Calling make sense, you can only use the input/output for one app at a time
MatthewB92
Member
Not on the YouTube app. If you look at YouTube through a browser it will but not the app.
AlexFlame116
Member
Maybe I've been using Red for too long haha! I use the app but I've been a YouTube Red member for some months now so my bad!
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
But it can though, its just switch flip
Jaded Alyx
Member
I really wonder how many games will support the app. Will EA and Psyonix etc. bother?
waterproofjesus
Member
You can still work around this, even if the video was open in a background tab - just pull up control center and you'll see media playback controls for that tab. There is a distinct possibility that this is also how we'll be able to keep Switch voice chat active while performing other actions on our phones, should we want to do that for some reason.
Leafhopper
Banned
The somewhat bad mobile app for Mumble from 2009 even allows you to multitask.
Lmao.
Lmao.
MatthewB92
Member
Where? Because i don't see that option in my YouTube app.
serenewarfare
Banned
Really if Nintendo was so married to the idea of voice chat on a phone they should have just partnered with Discord or something. This whole thing sounds like a mess.
I've never used another voice chat app that worked like this. Multitasking is standard functionality.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
You have it, go to your settings
serenewarfare
Banned
Basically my view. I'll pretty much never use this app for chat.
MatthewB92
Member
I don't see it anywhere honestly. My general options don't have it.
waterproofjesus
Member
Or, you know, they could just develop their own proprietary solution and not pay/involve a third party. I think we should withhold judgement on whether or not Nintendo should have done this after we actually use the app.
If it's a garbage fire, then I will agree with you.
hahahaha this is a disaster.
Never heard of an app that does that. Discord definitely doesn't operate in this manner. What a disaster.
Up in the Dutch AppStore as well. It appears to be online pretty much everywhere.
Nope. This is the solution. And it's actually probably the best solution ...
If Nintendo put a headphone jack on the joy-cons, it would suck, because you'd be waving a cord around.
If Nintendo put a headphone jack in the Pro controller, everybody would complain because you would have to buy an $80 accessory in order to have voice chat.
If Nintendo required Bluetooth headphones, then people would complain because you would have to buy expensive air pod style things to voice chat. And also people would complain because you wouldn't be able to do local multiplayer with as many Switches, because the headset is hogging a Bluetooth slot.
And if Nintendo made voice chat a handheld only thing, people would complain, because then it wouldn't work while docked.
Also, there's Nintendo being worried about people (esp. kids) getting harassed. And they have a point: Splatoon is one of the few online shooters where I see a good mix of openly femme nicks in matches. Not being harassed for being a girl is a major perk of the franchise.
Pretty much everybody has a smartphone with a headphone jack, which makes it a nice way to provide voice chat for people who really want it. You're glancing at your phone to catch up on Facebook or look up super l33t strats between matches anyway, so it's not like it's going to add actual overhead to your life. And you can always invest in a pair of bluetooth headphones if you want to eliminate the cord.
Basically, sticking the voice chat on a phone does make a lot of sense, given what the Switch is, and what the bundled controllers are like. Not that will stop people from griping about it ... but they'd gripe about whatever solution Nintendo implemented, so I'm not sure the griping is going to bug the folks at Nintendo all that much.
So it can only be use with Splatoon 2 right now?
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
You dont see youtube red?
I wonder if you can be in lobby chat with friends but be playing another game on your Switch or are you forced to have Splatoon 2 running on your Switch when your in Splatoon chat lobby
Nope. This is the solution. And it's actually probably the best solution ...
If Nintendo put a headphone jack on the joy-cons, it would suck, because you'd be waving a cord around.
If Nintendo put a headphone jack in the Pro controller, everybody would complain because you would have to buy an $80 accessory in order to have voice chat.
If Nintendo required Bluetooth headphones, then people would complain because you would have to buy expensive air pod style things to voice chat. And also people would complain because you wouldn't be able to do local multiplayer with as many Switches, because the headset is hogging a Bluetooth slot.
And if Nintendo made voice chat a handheld only thing, people would complain, because then it wouldn't work while docked.
Also, there's Nintendo being worried about people (esp. kids) getting harassed. And they have a point: Splatoon is one of the few online shooters where I see a good mix of openly femme nicks in matches. Not being harassed for being a girl is a major perk of the franchise.
Pretty much everybody has a smartphone with a headphone jack, which makes it a nice way to provide voice chat for people who really want it. You're glancing at your phone to catch up on Facebook or look up super l33t strats between matches anyway, so it's not like it's going to add actual overhead to your life. And you can always invest in a pair of bluetooth headphones if you want to eliminate the cord.
Basically, sticking the voice chat on a phone does make a lot of sense, given what the Switch is, and what the bundled controllers are like. Not that will stop people from griping about it ... but they'd gripe about whatever solution Nintendo implemented, so I'm not sure the griping is going to bug the folks at Nintendo all that much.
Nah. This was a solved problem on the vita. Add a headphone jack, and also allow bluetooth phones, and also have the app for people who really want it. It's not rocket science.
Poot Poot Splash
Member
This is the best solution for voice chat ever. Nintendo you truly are the greatest innovators.. Sony and Microsoft will soon be "adopting" this, I guarantee it.
MatthewB92
Member
The thing you have to pay for.... As I mentioned in my original post.
Wait I didn't my bad but you have to pay for that.
Remember guys this is a free limited version, and it's only for splatoon 2 right now. They stated that before
Steve Youngblood
Member
Yeah. Patch13's post is bad and he should feel bad for making it.
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Deleted member 465307
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I COULD BE TOTALLY MISREMEMBERING, BUT...the app does have specific functionality to interact with Splatoon 2 (like checking statistics, looking at gear, matchmaking?, etc.) that Discord can't do. I think it also might automatically sort who you're talking to based on who's on your team? I'm much less certain about that.
Basically, it more tightly integrates with Nintendo's games.
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
Nope. This is the solution. And it's actually probably the best solution ...
If Nintendo put a headphone jack on the joy-cons, it would suck, because you'd be waving a cord around.
If Nintendo put a headphone jack in the Pro controller, everybody would complain because you would have to buy an $80 accessory in order to have voice chat.
If Nintendo required Bluetooth headphones, then people would complain because you would have to buy expensive air pod style things to voice chat. And also people would complain because you wouldn't be able to do local multiplayer with as many Switches, because the headset is hogging a Bluetooth slot.
And if Nintendo made voice chat a handheld only thing, people would complain, because then it wouldn't work while docked.
Also, there's Nintendo being worried about people (esp. kids) getting harassed. And they have a point: Splatoon is one of the few online shooters where I see a good mix of openly femme nicks in matches. Not being harassed for being a girl is a major perk of the franchise.
Pretty much everybody has a smartphone with a headphone jack, which makes it a nice way to provide voice chat for people who really want it. You're glancing at your phone to catch up on Facebook or look up super l33t strats between matches anyway, so it's not like it's going to add actual overhead to your life. And you can always invest in a pair of bluetooth headphones if you want to eliminate the cord.
Basically, sticking the voice chat on a phone does make a lot of sense, given what the Switch is, and what the bundled controllers are like. Not that will stop people from griping about it ... but they'd gripe about whatever solution Nintendo implemented, so I'm not sure the griping is going to bug the folks at Nintendo all that much.
This is spin at its absolute finest. I am not being sarcastic, even if you are being genuine. I disagree with nearly every one of your points but the way you defended this idiotic decision deserves incredible merit.
I've yet to hear anybody complain about this since it was a thing on Xbox.
Is the concept of muting and blocking that foreign to Nintendo?
waterproofjesus
Member
Nope. This is the solution. And it's actually probably the best solution ...
If Nintendo put a headphone jack on the joy-cons, it would suck, because you'd be waving a cord around.
If Nintendo put a headphone jack in the Pro controller, everybody would complain because you would have to buy an $80 accessory in order to have voice chat.
If Nintendo required Bluetooth headphones, then people would complain because you would have to buy expensive air pod style things to voice chat. And also people would complain because you wouldn't be able to do local multiplayer with as many Switches, because the headset is hogging a Bluetooth slot.
And if Nintendo made voice chat a handheld only thing, people would complain, because then it wouldn't work while docked.
Also, there's Nintendo being worried about people (esp. kids) getting harassed. And they have a point: Splatoon is one of the few online shooters where I see a good mix of openly femme nicks in matches. Not being harassed for being a girl is a major perk of the franchise.
Pretty much everybody has a smartphone with a headphone jack, which makes it a nice way to provide voice chat for people who really want it. You're glancing at your phone to catch up on Facebook or look up super l33t strats between matches anyway, so it's not like it's going to add actual overhead to your life. And you can always invest in a pair of bluetooth headphones if you want to eliminate the cord.
Basically, sticking the voice chat on a phone does make a lot of sense, given what the Switch is, and what the bundled controllers are like. Not that will stop people from griping about it ... but they'd gripe about whatever solution Nintendo implemented, so I'm not sure the griping is going to bug the folks at Nintendo all that much.
THIS. Well said, my friend.
Jubenhimer
Member
I'm still on the fence about how this is going to work, especially considering the current implementation regarding Voice Chat. Still, the fact that games can have little applet services within the app is a very novel idea, and I hope to see developers use that in creative ways. Nintendo did say the app is essentially in beta, so I hope they improve and refine it's functionality when the service starts becoming paid.
There is absolutely NO REASON why Nintendo couldn't add optional bluetooth mic support, your reasoning doesn't hold up
This post is also bad and you should be ashamed of making it.