{"id":26992,"date":"2018-06-20T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/guide_the_best_nintendo_switch_wired_and_wireless_headsets"},"modified":"2018-06-20T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:00:00","slug":"guide-the-best-nintendo-switch-wired-and-wireless-headsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/20\/guide-the-best-nintendo-switch-wired-and-wireless-headsets\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: The Best Nintendo Switch Wired And Wireless Headsets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/guide_the_best_nintendo_switch_wired_and_wireless_headsets\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/guide_the_best_nintendo_switch_wired_and_wireless_headsets\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Guide: The Best Nintendo Switch Headsets\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/guide_the_best_nintendo_switch_headsets\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/guide_the_best_nintendo_switch_headsets\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Guide: The Best Nintendo Switch Headsets\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been enjoying playing <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a><\/strong> on your Nintendo Switch, it might well be time to invest in a headset. While Nintendo has been in a bit of a muddle regarding voice chat on the Switch in the past, hopefully we&#8217;ll see more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/turtle_beach_confirms_massive_lineup_of_fortnite-ready_headsets_for_switch\">games offering their own in-game\u00a0voice chat functionality on the Switch<\/a>, thus removing the need for\u00a0players to use Nintendo\u2019s mobile voice chat app to communicate with their squad which is the current arrangement for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve rounded up some of our favourite headsets for you below so that you can enjoy voice chat in select games, as well as premium audio in all games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some of the links on this page are affiliate links. If you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale which helps support the site. Please read our <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/ftc-disclosure\">FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<h3>Splatoon 2 Headset<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get this monstrosity out of the way first, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/hardware_review_hori_empera_hook_hdp_splatoon_2_stereo_headset_for_switch\">Hori&#8217;s headset<\/a> isn&#8217;t bad value for the price we&#8217;re not massive fans of having the use Nintendo&#8217;s online app and having wires tethering the phone to the Switch. For the time being, if you want to enjoy voice chat with team members while playing Splatoon 2 this is your only option unless you just use Discord or something else. Let&#8217;s hope that Nintendo abandons their Online app and update Splatoon 2 to have in-game voice chat functionality soon.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Nintendo Switch Wired Headsets<\/h3>\n<p>Using a wired headset is your best bet if you enjoy playing in handheld mode. Simply plug it into your Switch&#8217;s headphone 3.5mm jack\u00a0and you are good to go. You can of course just use a headset with any game so you can play without disturbing others, but in <strong>Fortnite<\/strong> you can also\u00a0communicate with your squad and get your\u00a0Victory Royale.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Nintendo Switch Wireless Headsets<\/h3>\n<p>If you tend to play your Switch docked mostly, then you&#8217;ll be better off using a wireless headset. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/egads_you_can_now_use_wireless_headphones_with_switch_thanks_to_the_4_0_0_update\">This functionality was quietly added in October 2017<\/a> and lets you use any wireless USB headphones with your Switch when docked. Simply plug in your USB dongle into the Switch dock, pair with your headset and you are laughing. Remember voice chat will only work in Fortnite at present.<\/p>\n<p><em>So these are some of our favourite Nintendo Switch headsets. Be sure to let us know if we&#8217;ve missed a good one with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been enjoying playing Fortnite on your Nintendo Switch, it might well be time to invest in a headset. While Nintendo has been in a bit of a muddle regarding voice chat on the Switch in the past, hopefully we&#8217;ll see more games offering their own in-game\u00a0voice chat functionality on the Switch, thus removing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}