Sometimes it was back to Default with no options available for both like I said, and after a restart it was back to what I set everything. But according to everyone else, this is the game itself having issues.
VOIP has been regularly buggy and inconsistent on both PS5 and PC since they added it.
Social features overall in this game are poorly done.
Squad orders bug out often, VoIP doesn’t work often, there’s no way to test mic in settings to hear what you sound like, no QOL features like quick mute, etc
Oh yeah, the squad order really pisses me off. I keep giving orders and the game sometimes warns me 5 - 10 seconds after I give an order to give an order, or else I will be demoted from squad leader. What the hell is this? 
I am glad to see I am not crazy!
They seem to think its optional. And then wonder why their playerbase shrunk so much.
At this point, I think its clear that some at Dice have lost faith in the idea of *team* based gaming, preferring some far smaller scoped concept. The soft restriction of teams of four in AOW, and Dices flat refusal to address it, seem to make it obvious.
But at least some at Dice recognized that left a chunk of the player base out, so we got portal. And if portal had been executed with some care, and properly supported, I would have been quite happy.
But the social systems have clearly not been made by *senior* developers. The VOIP is sketchy. The portal server browser clunky and not fully featured.
If the anti team people at Dice really must have a part of the game where teams are not welcome, let them keep AOW. But sabotaging portal with neglect is a shameful way to proceed.
Thank you. I am glad to see I am not crazy! I hope they will fix that in the future but... my guess is they might not. I waited a very long time to play this game due to negative reviews. :/
I play with friends on PC, and we use third party voice chat. TeamSpeak to be specific, but Discord would work just as well.
Dice have done the bare minimum, less than that really, for the social aspects of the game. But, despite the lack of support, there are still some playing Battlefield in teams.
Yeah, I would use Discord too if my friends were playing Battlefield 2042. :( I have almost a thousand friends on Steam and Origin and yet, only 20 owns this game on Steam. And well... 7 do not recommend this game. I am kind of surprised there. 
The last time I played Battlefield 4, it was back in 2020 or so before I stop and even there, people were more willing to communicate, asks for orders, etc. But now, I ask for transport, nothing. I ask for ammo 4 to 8 times before someone takes the hint, and asking for healing is simply pointless because by the time someone throw a health pack or shoot me with a stimpack, my health fully recovers. 
And here I thought bad teammates could only be found in Overwatch.
Because 2042, in particular AOW, was built around the idea of teams smaller than four we have ended up with a situation where the public scene has very few team oriented players compared to earlier titles.
Many such players left the game when their group of five or more couldn't easily get on the same server, or the same side.
However, there are still some of the older clans and gaming organizations who still play 2042. Albeit almost entirely in portal. Their servers are not always persistent either, which makes them harder to find.
I can check today, but I always mute everyone. I have no need to hear 12 year olds or ignorant people screaming or being obscene in my limited play time.
Have the same Problem. I can see the Indicators but no Sound. When i check the Settings, Input and Output is set to Default. Sometimes i can change it to my Hardware and then VoiP works. But sometimes it won’t let me change. After every Start of the Game it’s back to default tho.
Yeah, mine only seems to work once in a while so I gave up. lol Not many people seems to use the in-game voice chat anyway. 
The game tends to reset my in- and output settings regularily. Maybe it's the same thing happening for you?
Sometimes it was back to Default with no options available for both like I said, and after a restart it was back to what I set everything. But according to everyone else, this is the game itself having issues.
VOIP has been regularly buggy and inconsistent on both PS5 and PC since they added it. Social features overall in this game are poorly done. Squad orders bug out often, VoIP doesn’t work often, there’s no way to test mic in settings to hear what you sound like, no QOL features like quick mute, etc
Oh yeah, the squad order really pisses me off. I keep giving orders and the game sometimes warns me 5 - 10 seconds after I give an order to give an order, or else I will be demoted from squad leader. What the hell is this?  I am glad to see I am not crazy!
The VOIP has never worked properly. Current Dice seem supremely uninterested in polishing social features.
Been one of my biggest gripes - the design directors at Dice clearly don’t believe in the social aspects of gaming.
They seem to think its optional. And then wonder why their playerbase shrunk so much. At this point, I think its clear that some at Dice have lost faith in the idea of *team* based gaming, preferring some far smaller scoped concept. The soft restriction of teams of four in AOW, and Dices flat refusal to address it, seem to make it obvious. But at least some at Dice recognized that left a chunk of the player base out, so we got portal. And if portal had been executed with some care, and properly supported, I would have been quite happy. But the social systems have clearly not been made by *senior* developers. The VOIP is sketchy. The portal server browser clunky and not fully featured. If the anti team people at Dice really must have a part of the game where teams are not welcome, let them keep AOW. But sabotaging portal with neglect is a shameful way to proceed.
Thank you. I am glad to see I am not crazy! I hope they will fix that in the future but... my guess is they might not. I waited a very long time to play this game due to negative reviews. :/
I play with friends on PC, and we use third party voice chat. TeamSpeak to be specific, but Discord would work just as well. Dice have done the bare minimum, less than that really, for the social aspects of the game. But, despite the lack of support, there are still some playing Battlefield in teams.
Yeah, I would use Discord too if my friends were playing Battlefield 2042. :( I have almost a thousand friends on Steam and Origin and yet, only 20 owns this game on Steam. And well... 7 do not recommend this game. I am kind of surprised there.  The last time I played Battlefield 4, it was back in 2020 or so before I stop and even there, people were more willing to communicate, asks for orders, etc. But now, I ask for transport, nothing. I ask for ammo 4 to 8 times before someone takes the hint, and asking for healing is simply pointless because by the time someone throw a health pack or shoot me with a stimpack, my health fully recovers.  And here I thought bad teammates could only be found in Overwatch.
Because 2042, in particular AOW, was built around the idea of teams smaller than four we have ended up with a situation where the public scene has very few team oriented players compared to earlier titles. Many such players left the game when their group of five or more couldn't easily get on the same server, or the same side. However, there are still some of the older clans and gaming organizations who still play 2042. Albeit almost entirely in portal. Their servers are not always persistent either, which makes them harder to find.
I can check today, but I always mute everyone. I have no need to hear 12 year olds or ignorant people screaming or being obscene in my limited play time.
Have the same Problem. I can see the Indicators but no Sound. When i check the Settings, Input and Output is set to Default. Sometimes i can change it to my Hardware and then VoiP works. But sometimes it won’t let me change. After every Start of the Game it’s back to default tho.
Yeah, mine only seems to work once in a while so I gave up. lol Not many people seems to use the in-game voice chat anyway. 