{"id":20926,"date":"2022-07-21T05:17:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T05:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-becomes-first-game-console-to-formally-support-discord-voice-chat\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T05:17:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T05:17:42","slug":"xbox-becomes-first-game-console-to-formally-support-discord-voice-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-becomes-first-game-console-to-formally-support-discord-voice-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox becomes first game console to formally support Discord voice chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-text\">enlarge <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Discord and Xbox, seen here getting chummy by way of cute cartoon avatars attached to Discord iconography.<\/div>\n<p>Aurich Lawson |  Discord<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside id=\"social-left\" class=\"social-left\" aria-label=\"Read the comments or share this article\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache hit 100:single\/related:91adb5b1c2972b117fa194363bc8fa1f --><!-- empty --><\/p>\n<p>After trying, and failing, to acquire the popular chat platform Discord for $10 billion, Microsoft has opted for the next-best thing: directly integrating Discord&#8217;s voice-chat capabilities into Xbox consoles.<\/p>\n<p>The news arrived on Wednesday on Xbox Blog, and it clarified that for the time being, Discord access would be exclusive to the optional &#8220;Xbox Insider&#8221; tier of early, beta, and preview console OS updates.  That update is already going live in waves to Xbox Insiders today, and it adds a new tooltip to the system&#8217;s &#8220;chat&#8221; sidebar: &#8220;Try Discord Voice on Xbox today!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Simplifying your Discord life adds a few complications<\/h2>\n<p>Since its debut in 2015, Discord has exploded in popularity as a gaming-friendly chat platform on computers and smartphones.  One major differentiator over a service like Slack, which looks and operates similarly, is Discord&#8217;s clever ties into existing gaming networks.  The idea being, wherever you&#8217;re playing a game, Discord can broadcast that status to friends via ties to other platforms&#8217; APIs (&#8220;playing <em>Stray<\/em> on PlayStation,&#8221; &#8220;LFP in <em>World of Warcraft<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;streaming a session of <em>Peggle 2<\/em> on Twitch&#8221;). Users can switch between direct messages, game-specific text chat rooms, real-time voice channels, and even video-sharing services to coordinate their next online gaming sessions.<\/p>\n<p>But what if you want to talk among your Discord voice chat friends while also using dedicated headphones on an Xbox, PlayStation, or Switch?  Up until this week, you couldn&#8217;t do so directly on any console.  Your best bet was to find a headset that supports simultaneous Bluetooth inputs, then connect it to both your console and your Discord-loaded smartphone.  (Alternatively, you can do what I do: put a smartphone&#8217;s earbud into one ear for Discord, then drape a console&#8217;s headphones over that. I don&#8217;t recommend this.)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad_wrapper\" aria-label=\"In Content advertisement\">\n    <span class=\"ad_notice\">Advertisement <\/span>    <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"gallery shortcode-gallery gallery-wide\">\n<ul>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-initiate-xbox-discord-account-linking-base-150x150.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-initiate-xbox-discord-account-linking-base.png\" data-responsive=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-initiate-xbox-discord-account-linking-base.png 1080, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-initiate-xbox-discord-account-linking-base.png 2560\" data-sub-html=\"#caption-1868273\">\n<figure style=\"height:812px;\"><figcaption id=\"caption-1868273\">\n                  <span class=\"icon caption-arrow icon-drop-indicator\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      First, you&#8217;ll need to sync your Discord account with your Xbox account.                    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-start-xbox-login-account-linking-base-150x150.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-start-xbox-login-account-linking-base.png\" data-responsive=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-start-xbox-login-account-linking-base.png 1080, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-start-xbox-login-account-linking-base.png 2560\" data-sub-html=\"#caption-1868274\">\n<figure style=\"height:812px;\"><figcaption id=\"caption-1868274\">\n                  <span class=\"icon caption-arrow icon-drop-indicator\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      Prompt to enter Xbox credentials.                    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-xbox-login-page-authorization-base-150x150.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-xbox-login-page-authorization-base.png\" data-responsive=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-xbox-login-page-authorization-base.png 1080, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-xbox-login-page-authorization-base.png 2560\" data-sub-html=\"#caption-1868275\">\n<figure style=\"height:812px;\"><figcaption id=\"caption-1868275\">\n                  <span class=\"icon caption-arrow icon-drop-indicator\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      Redirect to Xbox.com to do so.                    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-complete-discord-xbox-account-linking-base-150x150.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-complete-discord-xbox-account-linking-base.png\" data-responsive=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-complete-discord-xbox-account-linking-base.png 1080, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mobile-complete-discord-xbox-account-linking-base.png 2560\" data-sub-html=\"#caption-1868276\">\n<figure style=\"height:812px;\"><figcaption id=\"caption-1868276\">\n                  <span class=\"icon caption-arrow icon-drop-indicator\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      And a reminder of all the stuff Xbox will hand over to Discord in this process.                    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Sadly, this week&#8217;s rollout of Discord on Xbox is a bit limited.  The biggest issue is that there is no formal Discord app or interface on Xbox.  You will need to keep a smartphone handy to initiate a &#8220;handoff&#8221; of your Discord session.  Get ready for an annoying first-time setup process.<\/p>\n<p>Should you have an updated Xbox on the Insider OS track, its new &#8220;Try Discord Voice&#8221; prompt will initiate an account-sync process, which requires using a mobile Discord app to take a photo of a QR code displayed by your Xbox.  (You&#8217;ll need to re-do this if you&#8217;ve done so before, due to it adding a new level of credential for voice chat.) With this in place, when you are about to join a voice channel on Discord, a new &#8220;try voice chat on console&#8221; prompt will appear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery shortcode-gallery gallery-wide\">\n<ul>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-1-150x150.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-1.png\" data-responsive=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-1.png 1080, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-1.png 2560\" data-sub-html=\"#caption-1868278\">\n<figure style=\"height:812px;\"><figcaption id=\"caption-1868278\">\n                  <span class=\"icon caption-arrow icon-drop-indicator\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      Now, let&#8217;s forward some voice chat from Discord to Xbox.                    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-2-150x150.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-2.png\" data-responsive=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-2.png 1080, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-2.png 2560\" data-sub-html=\"#caption-1868279\">\n<figure style=\"height:812px;\"><figcaption id=\"caption-1868279\">\n                  <span class=\"icon caption-arrow icon-drop-indicator\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      Yes, this is an open voice channel, let&#8217;s join it.                    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-3-150x150.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-3.png\" data-responsive=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-3.png 1080, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-3.png 2560\" data-sub-html=\"#caption-1868280\">\n<figure style=\"height:812px;\"><figcaption id=\"caption-1868280\">\n                  <span class=\"icon caption-arrow icon-drop-indicator\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      If you have all your Xbox account sync ducks in a row, &#8220;Join on Xbox&#8221; will appear in this sub-menu.                    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-4.png-150x150.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-4.png.png\" data-responsive=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-4.png.png 1080, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-4.png.png 2560\" data-sub-html=\"#caption-1868281\">\n<figure style=\"height:812px;\"><figcaption id=\"caption-1868281\">\n                  <span class=\"icon caption-arrow icon-drop-indicator\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      At this point, your smartphone will forward the request to an installed Xbox app.                    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-5.png-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-5.png.jpg\" data-responsive=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-5.png.jpg 1080, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/join-voice-channel-initiate-xbox-voice-transfer-base-5.png.jpg 2560\" data-sub-html=\"#caption-1868282\">\n<figure style=\"height:812px;\"><figcaption id=\"caption-1868282\">\n                  <span class=\"icon caption-arrow icon-drop-indicator\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      This simple interface appears on your phone once it&#8217;s all connected, and all audio is now being handled by Xbox hardware.                    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Tapping through this will then, ugh, create <em>another<\/em> handover to Microsoft&#8217;s dedicated Xbox app on either iOS or Android.  Yes, if you want this to work, you need to install the Xbox app on your mobile device (and Discord will suggest you do so, if you haven&#8217;t yet).  This facilitates the key technical aspect of forwarding all Discord audio to your Xbox hardware.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>enlarge \/ Discord and Xbox, seen here getting chummy by way of cute cartoon avatars attached to Discord iconography. Aurich Lawson | Discord After trying, and failing, to acquire the popular chat platform Discord for $10 billion, Microsoft has opted for the next-best thing: directly integrating Discord&#8217;s voice-chat capabilities into Xbox consoles. The news arrived &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-becomes-first-game-console-to-formally-support-discord-voice-chat\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Xbox becomes first game console to formally support Discord voice chat<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20292,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/discord-voice-chat-is-coming-to-xbox\/","url_meta":{"origin":20926,"position":0},"title":"Discord voice chat is coming to Xbox","date":"July 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Discord and Microsoft are bringing Discord voice calls to the Xbox. 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