Discord Revamps Streaming Overlay with Custom Widgets and Picture-in-Picture Mode

Discord Revamps Streaming Overlay with Custom Widgets and Picture-in-Picture Mode

Discord announced on Tuesday that it rebuilt its Overlay feature from the ground up. Image:Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto / Getty Images The new Overlay makes streaming games on Discord more user-friendly on the streamer’s end. In its legacy form, streamers could toggle the Overlay display to use Discord while playing games, but this would bring up the entire Discord client in the center of the screen, blocking the stream and making for a clunky user experience. In the new version of Overlay, users can add specific Discord widgets that will appear around the screen for easy access, making it possible to see messages and adjust sound and video settings without pulling up the entire Discord client. These widgets can be customized for opacity, sizing, and placement on the screen. If another friend is streaming at the same time, the picture-in-picture widget lets you watch their feed from your own Overlay, which could be helpful for people playing online games collaboratively. Users can also see othe…