A new reporting system will soon be available for players subject to harassment online through Xbox. The new Xbox voice reporting feature will allow players to report abusive players during their games, with the ability to “capture now, report later,” letting the player to continue with their game unaffected. The feature will be available this week for Xbox Insiders.
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The reporting system will allow full control over what you capture and report. You can capture the last 60 seconds of your voice chat, much like how it would work when capturing a game video, but unlike game captures, it won’t show up among your gameplay clips. You can’t download or share the footage, either, so the footage you record via the reporting system will be for the reporting system only. Xbox won’t save or upload any clips until you record and report personally, so you don’t have to worry about them monitoring you while you play. Once recorded, you can keep the clip for 24 hours before you choose to report it. If not sent within 24 hours, you’ll get a reminder, and if you don’t report at that point, the clip will be deleted automatically.
Currently, it’s set to launch in select English-speaking countries: US, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. While this doesn’t include many European or Asian countries, it does reach much of Xbox’s player base.
Source: Xbox
I hardly ever use a mic and now i’ll probably use one even less, before anything on a mic was just hearsay and only messages could get reported because messages are actual proof something was said. PSN has had this feature for awhile, for reporting voice chat.