Discord’s turning the focus back to games with a new redesign
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6N51S)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Discord wants to steer its app back to gaming, and it's rolling out an app redesign to help make that happen. The new look features reworked group messages, voice chats, video calls, and more.
In a message to users, Discord CEO Jason Citron says the company realized it needs to narrow its focus from broadly being a community-centric chat app" to a service that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests." The company now wants to make it easier to connect before, during, or after playing a game.
This year, Discord will make some changes to the app that will let users reach their conversations faster, as well as improve the reliability of its voice, video, and streaming technology. The company also plans to...