Discord introduced on Tuesday that it rebuilt its Overlay characteristic 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 type, streamers might toggle the Overlay show to make use of Discord whereas taking part in video games, however this could carry up your entire Discord shopper within the middle of the display screen, blocking the stream and making for a clunky consumer expertise.
Within the new model of Overlay, customers can add particular Discord widgets that can seem across the display screen for straightforward entry, making it attainable to see messages and alter sound and video settings with out pulling up your entire Discord shopper. These widgets may be custom-made for opacity, sizing, and placement on the display screen.
If one other pal is streaming on the similar time, the picture-in-picture widget allows you to watch their feed from your personal Overlay, which could possibly 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 dwell chat.
Discord says that the Overlay characteristic shall 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 fans shall be happy to study that the platform is getting extra free darkish themes, so you’ll be able to toggle between barely completely 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 mates, these quality-of-life upgrades must be welcomed.
