Discord Update: March 25, 2025 Changelog

Here's the Discord Changelog from March 25, 2025. You can also find the most recent Changelog in the Discord app under Settings > What's New.

We’ve got two huge updates for those who love chattin’ around and playing games on desktop. (Which is, you know, why Discord started in the first place!) 

The in-game Overlay receives a massive upgrade, and the desktop app’s sporting a freshened-up look. Both get new customization options to let you make Discord work best for you, whether you’re streaming to show everyone how delicious the cheese naan looks in Monster Hunter or you’re just talkin’ in voice all day.

An overhaul for the Overlay…

• More customizable. The in-game Overlay is now made up of separate widgets that you can move around and organize your way, to better fit the type of games you’re into. RTS? FPS? Hello Kitty: Island Adventure (yes it’s good)? Adapt the Overlay to your needs. 
• More functional. Watch someone’s stream directly from the Overlay. Share your own gameplay in the voice chat you’re in with a single click. And if you’re used to spamming in-game emotes or sprays, using the Soundboard directly from the Overlay will feel juuust like home. 
• More games supported…-able. Even with these new features, the Overlay works with waaay more games! Quickly glance at your newest Discord notifications while playing even more of your favorite releases. 

…a freshened-up look for desktop…

• Tweak the desktop app to fit your needs. Use one of our new base themes (Light, Ash, Dark, Onyx), or choose between three new UI density options to adjust app spacing. We also scooted the Inbox up into the title bar, giving more space to your chats, calls, and other shenanigans. 
• They’re all easy buttons to button. For voice and video calls, more buttons are centralized into a single bar instead of being split into tiny lil’ islands. The camera button now stays green when your camera’s in use, in case you forgot that you hid your own video preview during calls. Again.
• Plus, the channel list is now resizable, perfect for reading channels with longer names like #💬-general-discussion-memes-are-banned-here, so you can proudly post memes in there — just as the mods intended. See everything we’ve updated. 

…and some cherries on top!  

• Discord? In MY games? More likely than you think. Eligible game devs now have the power to implement Discord-powered text chat directly in their games! Some games you might play already support it, including Rust, SUPERVIVE, and Pax Dei. See how it works here.
• A new Ignore option helps you step away from a conversation by hiding someone’s messages in DMs, group chats, and servers. Ignored users don’t see any indication that you’ve ignored them, and you can easily talk to them again if you decide you’ve had enough breathing room.
• Card-collecting conquerors, check out “Spark: Hero Tactics,” Discord’s new grid-based, deck-building battler. Summon creatures, sling spells, and destroy your opponent’s fortress to claim victory. Find it in the App Launcher on both desktop and mobile! 

On our end, we’ve adjusted to how we handle API deployments to better protect the most critical parts of Discord from potential reliability issues. 

With these changes, we expect fewer incidents or outages affecting Discord’s core functionality. After all, staying connected with your friends is more important than anything else.