Discord voice chat is now available for Xbox beta testers
by Tom Warren from The Verge - All Posts on (#61TZN)
Discord voice calls on Xbox | Screenshot: Tom Warren / The Verge Discord and Microsoft announced Discord voice chat last week, making it available initially to invite-only Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead Xbox testers. The new feature is now available to Xbox Insiders in the Beta ring, which doesn't require an invite.
Microsoft is releasing a new Xbox dashboard update for beta testers at 5PM ET / 2PM PT today that will include Discord voice integration. The voice chat works by first linking Xbox and Discord accounts and then connecting to a Discord voice call using the mobile app and transferring the call to an Xbox console using the Xbox mobile app.
The process is a little involved, but once the initial setup is complete, it's relatively easy to connect to Discord voice calls and transfer them to an Xbox...