Good news for those lucky enough to have an Xbox Series X and an official Xbox Wireless Headset: a patch note from Xbox Insider has released an update that improves the headset's microphone performance.

In addition to bug fixes for the console itself, the update includes a firmware update for the Xbox Wireless Headset that improves the monitoring level of the microphone, making it easier to hear yourself.

Microphone monitoring is very useful during games. During a game, you may not know how clearly your friendly chat, tactical call, or annoyed yell will be heard by your teammates. Gaming Editor Marshall did not experience any problems when testing the microphone monitoring levels on the Xbox wireless headsets, but some Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S owners found them to be a little too low.

Therefore, this update will make your own voice louder so that your voice chat will reach the other end more clearly.

This update also lowers the volume of status sounds." Activation, pairing, and low-battery notification sounds are all obnoxiously loud, and there is no way to lower the volume," Marshall wrote. This update should satisfy those who have found the beeps and boops of Xbox wireless headsets to be too loud for their ears.

The Xbox Wireless Headset has already achieved best gaming headset status, but it's not perfect.

If you don't want to spend any more money on our current top pick, the SteelSeries Arctis 7X, it may be a very encouraging sign that Microsoft continues to improve the $99 headset after its release.