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Riot adds team voice chat to League of Legends after 17 years

Riot Games has introduced team-wide voice chat to League of Legends after 17 years, a feature previously limited to pre-made groups. The rollout begins in North America and Oceania with Patch 26.20, with potential expansion to other regions like Korea and Latin America based on its success. To mitigate potential toxicity, Riot has implemented an Honor level requirement, ensuring only players with Honor level 3 or higher can speak, while others can still listen. The update also includes enhancements to noise cancellation and stability, with future plans for "voice skins" to modify player audio. AI

IMPACT Minimal direct impact on AI operations; primarily a gaming feature update.

RANK_REASON This is a feature update for an existing game, not a new product or frontier release.

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Riot adds team voice chat to League of Legends after 17 years

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Will Shanklin) ·

    Riot, after 17 years, finally adds team voice chat to League of Legends

    After the better part of two decades, you can finally talk to your whole team in LoL.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Riot, after 17 years, finally adds team voice chat to League of Legends After the better part of two decades, you can finally talk to your whole team in LoL. ht

    Riot, after 17 years, finally adds team voice chat to League of Legends After the better part of two decades, you can finally talk to your whole team in LoL. https://www. engadget.com/2253143/riot-afte r-17-years-finally-adds-team-voice-chat-to-league-of-legends/ # Tech # Technol…