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Discord Changelog |
Discord Changelog updated as of 12/8/2019 |
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2020-01-22 09:17:12 UTC |
This is the changelog/release date for major features or significant changes. PTB and Canary might have received some features sooner than the date listed below
- Added Discord System Messages
- Added shortcut for changing your status: long press your profile picture in the tab bar
- Fixed: Receiving a call while outside the app will now reliably ring for you
- Fixed: Captcha verification on iPad should no longer hang off the screen
- Fixed: Status bar is no longer invisible on Light Theme
- Timed muting for channels and servers
- Added Mark Unread option for messages
- Slash commands
- Notifications now show avatars
- Light theme contrast adjustments
- Twitter embeds now support showing multiple images
- New audit log actions have been added:
- Move Member
- Disconnect Member
- Add Bot
- Bulk Delete Messages
- Pin Message
- Unpin Message
- Create Integration
- Update Integration
- Delete Integration
- New navigation through tabs
- Refreshed chat input, including a Gift button
- Added Mark Unread option for messages
- Added Save Image and Copy Media Link options when long pressing images in chat
- Addded suggestions for slash commands
- New option to send lower quality images on cellular data
- Emojis in emoji picker updated to Emoji 12.0
- New toast notification when you successfully copy links, IDs or send friend requests
- Improved emoji picker which properly themes to dark mode and shows the server the emoji is from
- Jumboed emojis are bigger now
- You can now sort search results by oldest messages
- Added a Mark Unread option to the context menu on messages
- Embeds have received a refreshed look
- Muted and Deafened icons in voice channels now show you if you've been muted by a moderator
- The Twemoji version has been updated to 12.1.3
- Many other Quality of Life changes
- Custom Statuses
- Custom Statuses
- Increased included server boosts with Nitro to 2 boosts
- Separately purchasable Server Boosts
- Server boost level 2 increased from 10 boosts to 15 boosts
- Server boost level 3 increased from 20 boosts to 30 boosts
- Improved User Sheet with DM and Call actions
- Improved Android 10 Support
- Presence in the User Sheet no longer overlaps or looks malformed
- Image Thumbnails on Android 10 are no longer empty gray squares, unless you are taking a picture of those.
- Custom Statuses
- Redesigned user profiles
- Android 10 users will no longer have trouble uploading images from the image picker
- Inviting people to calls and voice channels is easier now
- Voice channels are now in action sheets
- Refreshed the emoji keyboard to show all your server icons
- You can now follow Announcement Channels
- Native context menus now match your system theme on iOS 13
- You can now gift Nitro
- Fixed iOS 13 bugs
- Group DM icons are now colored
- Bug fixes
- You can now spectate Go Live streams
- Updated in-built image picker
- New voice calling UI
- Updated chat buttons
- You can now create announcement channels
- UI refresh including renovated light theme
- Go Live fully rolled out
- CallKit integration can be disabled in settings
- Hoisted the active voice indicator to the top of the screen
- Improved the accessibility labeling around the app to make using VoiceOver easier
- Redesigned user profiles
- Samsung mobile overlay
- You can now authorize apps inside the Discord app
- Call connection fixes
- News channels have been changed into Announcement channels
- Go Live wider roll out
- Inline video player
- Revamped message context menu
- You can now tap avatars to open the user menu
- Voice activity in channel lists is now viewable
- Server Boosts
- You can now buy
- Server Folders
- Block Quotes
- New Idle and Active on Mobile status icons
- Server Folders
- Block Quotes
- Messages now highlight when you long press on them
- YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and Twitter links will now open in their native app
- DM navigation header now shows user activity
- Tapping profile avatars now opens the user profile sheet
- Channel descriptions that are too long will now expand properly
- Server invite suggestions will now consider group DMs
- Taking pics without permissions no longer causes a crash
- Server Folders
- Block Quotes
- Server Boosts
- Fixed a feature bug where swiping out of a server or DM back to the server list caused the app to glitch out
- Added a speaker to non-speaker toggle button in voice channels
- Voice calls in speaker mode no longer hang up when you lock your screen
- Improved app loading times and updated splash screen
Performance Buff
- We've sped up the app to load even faster. There's also a fresh new look for Clyde, your favorite spinning logo.
- You can now toggle between speaker and non-speaker mode in DM/Group calls
- Initial app start loads faster now
- Fixed GIF autoplay bug that was causing the app to crash
- iOS 10 users can now accept incoming calls via PushKit
- Viewing embedded images and GIFs is now more pleasant; a cleaner look with added performance buffs
- New updated UI for channel list colors for easy-on-the-eyes accessibility
- More haptic feedback was added on things like message long press
- All sounds from desktop now play on your phone such as joining voice channels or Push to Talk
- Messages now load faster as you scroll through history
- CallKit properly tracks time on call for outgoing calls
- Fixed Font scaling for channel list. Discord now matches font settings on your phone.
- "Unread messages since" should no longer get stuck when coming back from background
- Voice channels should now properly update their height when people join/leave
- Picking up call in background now always has audio
- Video flickering when toggle mute is fixed
- Nitro Server Boosting
- Lots of performance improvements
- You can now long press on urls in chat to copy, share, or open in a browser
- Performance improvements to make things run smoother
- Embeds in chat refreshed
- Status icons are more than just circles, they have their own quirks and shapes now
- Updated the interfaces of in-app notifications, native notifications and the pin and delete message modals
- CallKit integration for Direct Messages
- The Call and Search buttons have switched places in DMs
- Font scaling
- If you turn off animated emoji, the emoji picker won't animate them anymore
- Updating language now is buttery smooth
- You can delete and disable your account from within the app now
- Bug fixes on Account screens and some performance improvements
- You can now purchase Nitro on mobile
- GIF autoplay now no longer plays audio.
- GIF autoplay now no longer tries to interrupt or mix audio with other apps.
- GIF autoplay now no longer slows down the chat experience by lowering CPU and battery usages.
- Revamped Account Settings with the ability to view back-up codes, toggle 2FA and change your discriminator (if you have Discord Nitro)
- You can now add, delete and rename emojis
- You can now delete reactions from messages, if you have the permissions to do so
- You can now purchase Nitro and manage billing on mobile
- You can now self-publish your games on Discord
- The Store tab is now the Nitro tab and only features Nitro games and game perks
- Game servers can now create Store and News channels
- Added an Activity Feed tab in User Settings which allows you to follow/unfollow games and users
- Discord now caches your last session. View your last visited channel and navigate in the app before fully connected
- GIF autoplay now supported
- Activity Feed news cards now mirror the desktop look
- Revamped Account Settings with the ability to view back-up codes, toggle 2FA and change your discriminator (if you have Discord Nitro)
- Added a fancy, in-line upload progress indicator for attachments. No more wondering if your images got lost in the void. We brought the void to you.
- Added language support for Vietnamese and Thai
- Fixed a bug where fresh app installs messed with invite codes
- Added language support for Vietnamese and Thai
- Added language support for Vietnamese and Thai
- Spoiler tags
- Fixes the crash when a malformed GIF was sent
- Spoiler tags
- Spoiler tags
- Native Spotify detection
- Sending messages is now more consistent and retries during bad connections
- Messages are now sent in the order you sent them
- Upload progress bars
- You can now add, delete and rename emojis
- Added ability to upload a GIF profile picture if you have Nitro
- You can now crop server icons and profile pictures directly through the app
- Cleaned up server invite embeds
- Fixed infinite captcha bug upon registration
- Fixed unexpected auto correction when autocomplete was used
- Mobile presence indicators
- GIF Picker
- Added Gift button to the chat bar
- Fixed a bug where the gift embed told you that you could not accept your own Nitro gift, even if you purchased it
- Added better channel welcome messages for new servers
- Refined contact invites UI to make it sparkle and shine
- Added an indicator to let you know if Discord is having connectivity problems
- Added support for accepting gifts
- Mic testing mode
- Ability to gift Nitro and games from the store
- Improvements to image resizing and loading
- Interact with notifications and join friends' parties direct from the Overlay
- Return of region selection for group DMs
- New user onboarding process
- Store performance overhaul
- Early access games available on the store
- Audio device detection
- Game store embeds
- Added support for accepting gifts
- Audit Logs
- Server Sorting
- Invite suggestions
- In-app message notifications
- In-app connection status notifications
- Option to disable animated emojis
- Added welcome messages when you're setting up your server
- Fixed crash that occurred while editing permissions
- Fixed voice over accessibility
- In-app notifications
- Bug fixes
- The Leave button in Group DMs is now more explicit
- Audio option exposed for OpenSL ES
- Guild DM owner is now indicated
- Updated image library which may cause crashes in (unsupported) multi-profile utilities
- Audit Logs
- Hot fix for unexpected crashes on iOS 9
- Emoji Picker
- Developer Mode
- Support for iPhone XS Max and XR
- Fixed a voice crash bug
- Fixed a rare bug where broken voice servers were potentially selected when you create a server
- Game Store Beta available for everyone!
- Discord Nitro split up into Nitro Classic ($4.99/month) and Nitro ($9.99/month), which gives you access to a catalogue of games
- Game Library
- Slow mode
- Added ability to close DMs from the Overlay
- Fixed the lag when entering and exiting the Overlay
- Added a little notification when the Overlay crashes
- Tons of other bug fixes and improvements under the hood for the Overlay
- Support for the Early Supporter Nitro badge
- Support for slow mode
- You can now remove users from a group DM
- Minor UI refreshes and theme consistencies
- Support for slow mode
- Message grouping is now in 7 minute intervals instead of every hour
- You can paste GIFs
- Retina images render at a higher image pixel density
- Bug fixes
- Many design updates, UI improvements and bug fixes
- Nearby Friends feature
- Improved autocomplete
- Major improvements to reactions
- Quick switcher now shows results properly
- Support for HypeSquad house badges
- Unread and Mention button in Channels list to help you quickly shame that person for @everyone
- Add Friends or Join a Guild shortcuts if you find no results in Quickswitcher
- Improved Login and Registration error handling
- Nearby Friends bug fixes
- Behind the Scenes improvements and fixes
- Added a voice connection quality indicator to the UI
- User settings given a UI refresh
- Added some additional helpful UI to captcha screens
- Enable automatic voice detection sensitivity meter in the settings
- Added main UI navigational accessibility hints
- Added support for HypeSquad house badges
- Paste images into chat
- Post multiple images at once
- Font now scales based on system settings
- Loading place holder icons
- Tapping friend request notification will open user profile
- Billing tab in Settings
- Library and Game Store rolling out in Canada
- Overlay text chat
- Text notifications while in game
- Send and accept Rich Presence invites through overlay
- Mute and deafen icons in overlay
- Toggle overlay voice component
- Stability increases
- Priority Speaker mode
- South African servers
- Revamped dev portal
- Invites in chat now get a dedicated embed
- You can now add a reason when you kick or ban someone
- Too many bugfixes and UI buffs to list, including:
- User online statuses no longer get stale
- Drag and drop to reorder servers/channels is not janky anymore
- Fixed rare lockup when using the notification inline
- If an unread message is in a muted channel or category, the server won't get marked as unread
- A lot more
- Group DM invites will embed in chat with a new look
- The sign in screen will now show if you were invited through a Group DM
- Message bar has a new look
- The typing indicator will no longer push the chat bar up
- Autocomplete went through some changes:
- Autocomplete will leave instead of sticking around on screen sometimes
- Autocomplete is now bigger so it’s easier to tap on
- Autocomplete animation is polished so that it can slide both up AND down
- Games tab added
- Group DM invites
- Ability to create empty group DMs
- @everyone and @here message warnings
- Colourblind mode (initial release)
- Improvements to Japanese, Korean and Chinese fonts
- Sound when changing input or output device
- Unread and mention button in channels list. Does not show if you have unreads visible
- Add friends or join a guild shortcuts if you find no results in Quickswitcher
- Improved login and registration screen error handling and messaging
- Behind the Scenes improvements and fixes
- GDPR data features
- @everyone and @here mention warnings
- Quick Switcher
- Xbox Live integration
- Long press a link to copy or share it
- Invite links now embed
- Added a NSFW toggle in channel settings
- 1Password and LastPass support for logging in
- GDPR data features
- Invite links to voice channels now take you to the appropriate voice channel
- Offline members are no longer hidden after you cross 100 members
- Discord uses a lot less data and battery now
- Quick reply
- Messages in notifications now appear in chronological order
- Buffs to several login/register screens
- GDPR data features
- Xbox integration released to all
- Offline members no longer hidden in smaller guilds
- Data bandwidth reduction
- Battery consumption reduction
- Increased max server capacity
- Xbox connection added (Xbox insiders only)
- Native audio file player
- Screensharing now includes audio
- New login/authentication screens
- Added volume slider to inline media player
- Instant invite popup has user suggestions
- Made more dark theme modals dark
- Long press a message to see who reacted
- Added hide muted channels toggle
- Added Privacy Settings
- Added support for iOS's native share menu
- Added change logs
- Added support for the Bug Hunter badge
- @someone ping, randomly selects someone in the server
- Discord crashes at random
- Typing 'owo' while in a voice channel causes Discord to let out a cry of distress
- @supereveryone ping for when there's something urgent to say, bypasses all permission settings
- Removed memes
- Removed the Wumpus
- Discord Nitro is now 'Discord Stop': drops calls, messages, and reduces file upload by half
- League of Legends Rich Presence added
- Added spellchecker to text chat
- SMS authentication for 2FA
- Play videos directly in chat
- Gifs autoplay when window is focused (toggleable)
- Uploads can be cancelled
- Verified Server icon added
- Android now has quick switcher
- Spotify integration added
- Spotify Premium users able to listen along with friends
- Hong Kong and Singapore voice server capacity increased
- Oxford comma added when 3 people are typing in chat
- Crown icon beside a server owner's name
- @mentioning improved in larger servers
- Performance improved in larger servers
- Discord Web no longer turns on your microphone automatically
- Performance improvements for large friends lists
- Ability to change your discriminator if you have Discord Nitro
- Opus audio codec updated to 1.2
- New languages added
- Hypesquad reopened for applications
- Animated Emoji on mobile
- Gif avatar upload on Android
- Animated Emoji
- 720p60 and 1080p30 options for Screensharing
- PayPal option added for Discord Nitro
- Group DM owner marked with crown icon
- Japanese Voice servers launched
- Stability increased for voice and video calls
- Jump to message from search or pins
- Theming works on more modals
- Overlay overhauled
- Invite embed redesign
- Profile modals redesigned, now themed
- Discord system tray has contextual options depending on voice status
- Can open Discord minimised on startup
- Can choose to close discord instead of minimising to tray
- Profile modals redesigned, now themed
- Invite screen redesigned
- Less data used while loading images
- Media keyboard support
Full changelog here
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Rich Presence fully released to all developers
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Detailed information for games
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Invite to game and Spectate options in Discord client
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Manage Categories permission added
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Data compression for mobile
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Facebook sync option
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Ability to direct call anyone, without being friends
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iPhone X support
Full changelog here
- Verified Servers Released for game developers
Full changelog here
- Video Chat and Screen Sharing fully released
- Up to 10 people in a DM
- PIP mode
- New create and join server UI
- Android developer mode
- Landscape mode for videos and images
Rolled out to 10% of users:
- Video Chat
- Screen Sharing
Blog post here
- Default channel can now be deleted
- New member join messages added
- Client remembers last viewed channel through restarts
Full changelog here
- Bots able to add reasons to moderation actions
- Chat bar facelift
- Media proxy updated for faster loading times
- Group call interface updated in preparation for Video Chat and Screen Sharing
- Dark theme for most modals
- Instant invites now default to 24 hours
- Twitch Affiliate integration
- Large server performance optimizations
- NSFW channels no longer require
nsfwprefix - Double flip verification level (Require verified mobile phone number)
- Phone number bans
- Saved images use sensible name formatting
Full changelog here
- Audit Logs
- New Settings UI
- NSFW Channels
Full changelog here
- Quick Switcher (see our article here)
- Safe Direct Messages
- Global DM Privacy Settings
- Server Auto-Moderation
- League of Legends Beta sync
- Nitro
- Removed Geotagging
- Removed Geotagging
- In-app camera
- Send multiple attachments
- Reactions on iOS. Includes custom emoji reactions
- Wumboji (jumbo emoji)
- Search on iOS
Full changelog here
- Search on desktop
- Discord Nitro global release
Blog post here
- Discord Linux stable build first release
Full changelog here
- Right click to Google search text
- Discord Nitro released in Australia
- View recent mentions
- Adjust pins and permissions
- Long press to pin a message
- Edit channel settings
- Transfer server ownership
- Reactions
- Re-order channels
- Mute channels
Full changelog here
- Significant voice improvements
- Embeds
- Server capacity increased
Full changelog here
- Emoji reactions released
- New API
- Server speed doubled
- Upload photos from any album
- Ban and delete message history
Full changelog here
- Sync League of Legends
- Discord begins virus scans if uploaded files
- Ability to change your status to Do Not Disturb or Invisible
- Respond to friend suggestions
- Manage roles and members
Full changelog here
- Change your status to Online, Idle, Do Not Disturb or Invisible
- Custom emoji released
- Mention indicator
- Delete messages from Clyde
- @Mentions now autocomplete
- Code snippets support many new languages
- Offline list does not show if there are more than 100 people in a guild
- Significantly improved server settings
- Ability to respond to friend requests
Full changelog here
- GIFV support
- System message appears when a message is pinned
- Streamable and Twitch clips now play on Discord
- Find and replace text command released (s/find/replace)
- Quick send server invite by right clicking someone
- Dock icon bounces on macOS when user receives a call
- Android administrator controls
- Increased speed of push notifications
- Direct calls to friends
- Group Direct Messages
- Group DM calls
- Easily rejoin calls
- Stream overlay for OBS and XSplit
- Clicking an invite link opens the Discord App
- Emoji tooltips
- Mobile calls
- Channel topics
- Some server settings released
Full changelog here
- Recent mentions list released
- Mentions filter (exclude @everyone or @here)
- Pinned messages indicator on the top of a server
- Verification levels apply to starting DMs
- Adjust a user's volume
Full changelog here
- Pin messages released
- Jump to a message via the pin menu
- Jump to oldest unread message
- Shorter invite links
- Norwegian support
- Voice channel settings
Full changelog here
- 2 Factor Authentication released
- Optionally require server mods to use 2FA
- Requires email check when logging in from new IP
- Vine and Soundcloud links embed
Full changelog here
- Server sorting released
- Limit amount of users in a voice channel
- Move users in voice channels
- Right click context menu for server settings
- Click accepted invite links to jump to their respective channel/guild
- Developer mode released
Full changelog here
- Set a note on a user's profile
- Streaming mode automatically turns on and off
- Role hierarchy
- Manage Roles vs Administrator permissions
- Creating roles simplified
- Creating channels simplified
- /shrug released
- Autocomplete for Twitch and regular emoji
- Role mentions
- Nicknames and role mentions show properly
- Offline mentioning
- Save images
Full changelog here
- Server nicknames
- Custom colors for roles
- Role mentions
- Right click menu
- Click someone's name to mention them
- Make guild as read
- Mark channel as read
- Click someone on the userlist to private message them
- Filter people by roles on the server member list
Full changelog here
- @here mention
- Default notification settings automatically set to all messages for servers under 25 active users
- Linux canary
- Online user cap changed from 2500 to 5000
- Push notifications