Talking Faces and Lip Sync
Talking Faces lets player mouths open and move in time with voice chat: who has it, where the setting is and how to turn it off.
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Talking Faces gives player characters a mouth that can move. When someone speaks in voice chat, their character's jaw opens and their lips shape the sound, in time with what you hear. When nobody is talking, faces look exactly as they always did.
It is on by default for everyone and works on desktop, web and mobile.
What you see
- A player near you holds their push-to-talk key and speaks. You hear them, and their character's mouth opens and closes with their voice.
- Loud speech opens the mouth wider. Quiet speech moves it less. Rounded sounds purse the lips and hissing sounds narrow them.
- When they stop, the mouth closes and the face returns to its normal drawing.
- Your own character does the same while you are transmitting, so other players see you talk.
The movement follows the sound as it is played to you, so the lips stay in step with what you hear.
Who has a talking face
| Character | Talking face |
|---|---|
| Adult player characters | Yes |
| Teen player characters | Yes |
| Characters with the zombie look | No |
| Toon Cats | No |
| Non-player characters and nanos | No |
Both genders are covered. A head the feature does not fit simply keeps its normal face.
The setting
Talking Faces has one switch.
| Platform | Where |
|---|---|
| Desktop | Settings > Game UI > Other > TALKING FACES (EXPERIMENTAL): On / Off |
| Web and mobile | Settings > Game UI > Other > TALKING FACES: On / Off |
- It is On by default. On desktop, anyone who had the earlier Off default was switched to On once when B156 arrived. If you turn it off afterwards, your choice is kept.
- Off means you see every face at rest, whoever is speaking. It only changes your own view. Other players still see mouths move if they have it on.
- The setting is stored per device. Turning it off on desktop does not turn it off in your browser.
Things that keep a mouth still
- Voice chat is off. Lip sync is driven by voice chat. If you have not enabled voice chat, you do not hear anyone and nobody's mouth moves for you. See Voice Chat.
- You muted the speaker. A muted player is not played to you, so their mouth stays closed.
- The speaker is out of range. You only hear, and see, players close enough for voice chat to reach.
- Text chat. Typing in chat does not move the mouth. Only voice does.
Tips
- Stand close and face the speaker to see it clearly. From far away the mouth is only a few pixels.
- If faces around you never move, check three things in order: voice chat is enabled, the voice chat volume is not at zero, and Talking Faces is On.
- On a slow phone you can turn Talking Faces off without losing voice chat itself.
History
- B150 (November 4, 2026): Talking Faces arrives on desktop as an experimental setting for adult characters, off by default.
- B156 (November 5, 2026): mouths lip-sync to voice chat, and the setting is on by default.
- B157 (November 5, 2026): teen characters get talking faces, and the feature comes to web and mobile.
