Discord was on the Xbox One and the Xbox Serie X|S with new features. Xbox Insiders can use these features immediately. The new features will soon be available to all users worldwide. The application has developed over the years into one of the largest messaging and social platforms in the world. The focus of the platform has always been on games and gaming. With the partnership with PlayStation in 2021, Discord made the leap to consoles. The service has improved its features on PlayStation consoles several times. This year, with the introduction of voice chats on the PlayStation 5 made great progress. Xbox-Players will not have to miss out on useful DC features directly on their console this year.
On 31 July Discord officially announced that members of the Xbox Insider Program users will now have access to new features. These will then be available to all users worldwide in a later update. Firstly, the console friends list will now contain the Messenger friends who are currently playing and talking together in a voice chat. This happens in the “Happening now” section. From this list, users can Discord-Join a voice channel, watch a friend stream a game, or make a call directly from their Xbox console. This should make the experience even easier and more convenient for everyone in the future.
Using Discord on Xbox will be even easier in the future
The second new feature enables Xbox-players, Discordstreams directly on their console. To view such a stream, players can open their member list in the Xbox Guide. Select a person’s profile and click on the “Watch Stream” option. Once selected, the DC stream will be displayed in full screen so that players can enjoy it better. Mute and volume control are also possible. Those responsible point out that the main goal of these new features is to eliminate the need for a smartphone or a second device to use the service on the console of Microsoft to eliminate.
In the future, players will also be able to track the activities of their Discordfriends directly from the console. This will mean they will spend less time checking Messenger while playing their games on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S Participants in the Insider program receive regular updates before they are released worldwide. So if you want to know what’s next for the Xbox UI, you can sign up. All you have to do is download the Xbox Insider Hub app for consoles and Windows. Announcements about upcoming alpha updates are also regularly shared with the community via the official Twitter account. Microsoft also encourages users to send constructive feedback to improve the updates and integrated apps such as Discord or to further improve similar services.
