Microsoft is expanding Discord support on Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One with a number of new features – including a consolidated Xbox and Discord friends list – that’ll be rolling out to general users in the “coming weeks” following a bit of Insider testing.
Starting with that consolidated Xbox Friends list, Discord friends who are gaming or chatting in Discord Voice will soon appear in the “Happening now” tab alongside Xbox friends in parties or games. Additionally, if a friend is talking or streaming a game in a Discord server’s voice channel, that channel will also be shown in “Happening Now”.
Furthermore, once the update becomes available, it’ll be possible to initiate a Discord call, jump straight into a voice channel, or watch a friend streaming directly from a console’s Xbox Friends list.
And last of the new features for now, if a Discord friend is streaming their games in voice, it’ll be possible to watch that stream directly on Xbox Series X/S or Xbox One. This requires opening a conversation’s member list in the Xbox guide, selecting the profile of the person streaming in the call, then choosing “Watch Stream” – at which point their gameplay will be shown full-screen.
While it’ll still be a few weeks before all the above come to consoles for general users, anyone enrolled in Microsoft’s Xbox Insiders programme will have access from today.