Good news, VR gamers: you can finally, finally have a native Discord app running while you play fully immersive games on the Quest 3 or 3S. After years of workarounds and being stuck with proximity chat while playing on one of the best VR headsets, you can now download an official Discord app from the Meta Quest store.
This is excellent news for folks who play their VR games on Quest, either natively on the headset or streamed from a gaming PC. VR gamers who wanted to talk to friends on Discord until now have had to resort to using a workaround with the Quest's browser, but no longer.
As an added bonus, if you download and log into the Quest's new Discord app, you can claim a free month of Discord Nitro. The Meta Horizon store might tell you you only have a "limited time" to claim that offer, but it's confirmed to run from June 30th (yesterday) until September 30, giving you three whole months to get yourself some upgraded Discord goodness without paying a penny.
Talking to friends on Discord while playing games on Quest 3 or 3S will be a massive quality-of-life perk, but you can also make use of the usual suite of Discord app benefits. You can browse servers, send text messages, and watch or broadcast streamed gameplay within calls, which could be a really great way to share the joy of VR gaming with friends who don't have a headset of their own yet.
Could this potentially point to a native Discord app coming to the Steam Frame when it arrives? Possibly, even if the operating systems for both headsets are different, this could be a hint that Discord has been working on smoother VR integration.
Discord now holds real estate as the place for gamers to hang out and party chat mid-game on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, mobile platforms, and Meta Quest, meaning you can use it to talk with friends whether you're all playing VR games together or playing different games on separate platforms.
This could also be huge news for content creators, as capturing audio of voice chat and VR gameplay can prove problematic, depending on your setup. This could cut out the need for more middleman software or complicated audio workarounds if you play through SteamLink.
If you're keen to make use of that free Discord Nitro offer, you'll get access to HD streaming, the ability to upload 500MB files, custom soundboard and emojis, super reactions, and a more comprehensive profile and avatar customization suite.
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