Discord introduced on Tuesday that it rebuilt its Overlay function from the bottom up.
The brand new Overlay makes streaming video games on Discord extra user-friendly on the streamer’s finish.
In its legacy kind, streamers might toggle the Overlay show to make use of Discord whereas taking part in video games, however this could deliver up your complete Discord shopper within the middle of the display, blocking the stream and making for a clunky person expertise.
Within the new model of Overlay, customers can add particular Discord widgets that may seem across the display for straightforward entry, making it attainable to see messages and modify sound and video settings with out pulling up your complete Discord shopper. These widgets might be personalized for opacity, sizing, and placement on the display.
If one other good friend is streaming on the identical time, the picture-in-picture widget allows you to watch their feed from your personal Overlay, which might be useful for individuals taking part in on-line video games collaboratively. Customers can even see different customers’ webcam movies in the event that they’re in a reside chat.
Discord says that the Overlay function can be suitable with extra video games and can function with smoother efficiency.
Discord can also be unveiling some updates to its Desktop app. Darkish mode fanatics can be happy to study that the platform is getting extra free darkish themes, so you possibly can toggle between barely totally different shades of black and gray (Ash, Darkish, and Onyx to be particular). The brand new UI density choices can even let customers customise phrase spacing.
These updates are geared extra towards energy customers, particularly creators who might use in-server livestreams as methods to become profitable. However even for informal customers taking part in video games with some buddies, these quality-of-life upgrades needs to be welcomed.