Xbox One delivers premium voice quality via hardware improvements and Skype’s audio codec

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pbroy said:

That sucks. You would think with all of MSes software knowledge, they would be able to make codecs work on both.

Sony found a way to get PS4 and Vita to talk.

The change in codec and the change in wireless spec means that Microsoft would have had to reduce the audio quality of the Xbox One.  Microsoft wouldn't be able to make the Xbox One's wireless spec compatible with the Xbox 360, so the only option would be to switch to a codec that provides inferior audio quality.  No one wants that.

It might, technically still be possible through Skype, if and when Skype comes to Xbox 360, but it would mean gamers on an Xbox 360 couldn't play a game while conversing with those on the Xbox One.