When Nintendo unveiled the Switch 2 earlier this yr, one of many massive reveals was for GameChat, the console’s video and voice chat hub. For the primary time, Nintendo customers have a program that provides gamers stay captions and text-to-speech choices. Nevertheless, the latter may be a bit too good, as it may apparently transcribe curse phrases as properly.
Switch 2 proprietor David Howe confirmed Switch 2’s capacity to convey dangerous phrases from speech to textual content (through Eurogamer).
It is stunning that the problem wasn’t addressed by launch, and given Nintendo’s family-friendly repute, we would not be shocked if a future replace limits or eliminates the power to make the Switch 2 transcribe these phrases.
Nintendo has already disclosed that it reserves the proper to “acquire, monitor, and file” audio and video chats performed by way of Switch 2. The corporate later clarified that it’ll solely evaluation these recordings if the chats are reported for violating neighborhood tips. Nintendo has additionally disclosed a number of security measures to stop kids from being preyed upon by older GameChat customers. For instance, gamers youthful than 16 want a dad or mum or guardian’s permission to make use of GameChat, and a cellphone quantity is required for all customers to join it.
The Nintendo Switch cellular app was just lately up to date with GameChat and different Switch 2 options. The app now permits gamers to ask associates to GameChat, view every others’ play historical past, and add new associates through buddy code or a QR code. It additionally let’s gamers see the Switch 2 video games of their play historical past.
GameChat is free for now, however it can turn out to be a paid function on April 1, 2026.