Play cross-platform games with your friends on PlayStation 5 may become easier in the near future.
Just months after Discord began rolling out voice chat features for Xbox owners, it looks like Sony’s next-gen console is getting the same treatment. A Sunday tweet from “advaith,” a Twitter user who regularly posts about upcoming Discord features, showcased a set of new PlayStation-centric features in the app, including the ability to join Discord voice chats via a PS5 console.
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This may be quite easy for Photoshop, but a screenshot of the same menu as well appeared on Reddit over the weekend courtesy of user Syhix. Based on this leak, it looks like users will be able to connect a PlayStation Network account to Discord to enable voice chats as well as view the PS5 game you’re playing on your Discord profile, the latter of which has been an existing option at least since January.
Above all, voice chats seem to be available only on PS5, which means PS4 owners have to stick with the console’s built-in party chat system if they want to hear game audio and their friends’ banter at the same time. PlayStation first announced a partnership with Discord in 2021, but now a year and a half later, voice chat has still not been released or even officially confirmed.
The closest thing we have to a date comes courtesy of reporter Tom Henderson, who has a history of seemingly valid leaks, including a recent report that the PS5 is getting a removable disk drive. According to Henderson, Discord won’t add PS5 integration until a system update in March 2023. So, in other words, it might take a while.
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However, better late than never. As more and more games like Fortnite and Monitor 2 Embrace Crossplay, a third-party voice chat client (which you probably already have an account for if you play games) with official integration on both next-gen consoles will be more useful than ever. I know my friends and will be forever grateful to Discord on PS5 every time it launches.
