Discord made its streaming overlay a lot more user-friendly
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 type, streamers might toggle the Overlay show to make use of Discord whereas enjoying video games, however this might convey up the whole Discord shopper within the middle of the display, 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 for simple entry, making it doable to see messages and alter sound and video settings with out pulling up the whole Discord shopper. These widgets could be custom-made for opacity, sizing, and placement on the display.
If one other buddy is streaming on the identical time, the picture-in-picture widget helps you to watch their feed from your personal Overlay, which could possibly be useful for individuals enjoying on-line video games collaboratively. Customers may see different customers’ webcam movies in the event that they’re in a stay chat.
Discord says that the Overlay function will likely be appropriate with extra video games and can function with smoother efficiency.
Discord can also be unveiling some updates to its Desktop app. Darkish mode fanatics will likely be happy to study 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, Darkish, and Onyx to be particular). The brand new UI density choices will 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 generate income. However even for informal customers enjoying video games with some associates, these quality-of-life upgrades needs to be welcomed.
