Discord introduced on Tuesday that it rebuilt its Overlay characteristic from the bottom up.
The new Overlay makes streaming video games on Discord extra user-friendly on the streamer’s finish.
In its legacy type, streamers might toggle the Overlay show to make use of Discord whereas taking part in video games, however this is able to carry up your entire Discord shopper within the middle of the display, blocking the stream and making for a clunky consumer expertise.
In the brand new model of Overlay, customers can add particular Discord widgets that can seem across the display for simple entry, making it attainable to see messages and modify sound and video settings with out pulling up your entire Discord shopper. These widgets could be personalized for opacity, sizing, and placement on the display.
If one other pal is streaming on the identical time, the picture-in-picture widget enables you to watch their feed from your personal Overlay, which may very well be useful for folks taking part in on-line video games collaboratively. Users can even see different customers’ webcam movies in the event that they’re in a reside chat.
Discord says that the Overlay characteristic shall be appropriate with extra video games and can function with smoother efficiency.
Discord can be unveiling some updates to its Desktop app. Dark mode lovers shall be happy to be taught that the platform is getting extra free darkish themes, so you’ll be able to toggle between barely totally different shades of black and gray (Ash, Dark, and Onyx to be particular). The new UI density choices can even let customers customise phrase spacing.
These updates are geared extra towards energy customers, particularly creators who could use in-server livestreams as methods to earn money. But even for informal customers taking part in video games with some buddies, these quality-of-life upgrades must be welcomed.
