Whether you use Skype, Discord, Ventrilo, Teamspeak or even, dare we say it, Facebook, to conduct your in-game voice communications, chances are there's always some other company wanting to pass the smooth tones of your voice to your Australian friend. The latest to jump on-board? Blizzard.
Blizzard have done just as they announced over a year ago now by adding direct voice comms to the Battle.net client. Though its current inability to connect to strangers in your Overwatch or World of Warcraft arena team suggests it's meant to be used purely between friends for the time being.
Also staying true to their promise of the last month, the newly added service completely dodges the use of the Battle.net moniker by simply sitting beneath standard Blizzard branding; Blizzard Voice is open for business.
Sitting alongside the recent addition of Blizzard Streaming, the companies decision to rival that of other popular VOIP services likely boils down to building a unified service rather than directly competing with other well-established communities. It's easier for a pre-teen Hearthstone player to chat with their classroom team-mates through the client housing the game rather than expect them to set-up and install a separate program.
For most, it's probably useless. But for the select few, it's likely pretty handy. Just update your client to try it out. Though not entirely related to Blizzard Voice, here's some of voice work behind their classic lineup!
