How To Use Discord Overlay

Next to where it shows among us as being active there will be a toggle for the discord overlay.

How to use discord overlay. Head over to user settings. How to customize your profile image to change your avatar on desktop click the user settings cog in the lower left corner of the app then select the edit button under my account and upload an image. Here you can configure the appearance of the overlay. This is a small gear icon located at the bottom of the window next to your username. Click on the overlay and enable the in game overlay option.

Click the monitor. Enable the overlay of the desired game. Launch the discord app. Off with a small monitor and a red line through it. If you re a discord nitro subscriber you can also upload gifs to use as animated emoji.

Open up your user settings. It should say overlay. How to open the discord overlay. Discord overlay is a feature which enables you to use discord voice and text channels to communicate with other fellow players. To configure the overlay you need to go into discord s settings by clicking the cogwheel icon in the bottom left corner of the app.

The overlay is a pretty fancy and fun piece of tech so there are some important points to go over. Toggle enable in game overlay to on by clicking the slider. Click the overlay tab and enable in game overlay. Click the game activity tab. Once in the settings switch to the overlay tab.

Under app settings open the overlay tab and click the toggle next to enable in game overlay by default you can lock the overlay by pressing shift that s the key near the tab key on your keyboard. To enable the discord game overlay open the settings menu by clicking on the cog icon next to your name and avatar near the bottom left corner of the window. Under the app settings click on the overlay option. This is done by creating a semi transparent window that shows on your screen while playing games.