How To Use Discord Overlay

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How to use discord overlay. Discord overlay is a feature which enables you to use discord voice and text channels to communicate with other fellow players. Next to where it shows among us as being active there will be a toggle for the discord overlay. Off with a small monitor and a red line through it. Click the overlay tab and enable in game overlay. 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.

Toggle enable in game overlay to on by clicking the slider. The overlay is a pretty fancy and fun piece of tech so there are some important points to go over. 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. Before opening your game go into discord and click on the user settings. Head over to user settings.

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. Enable the overlay of the desired game. Click the game activity tab. This is done by creating a semi transparent window that shows on your screen while playing games. Launch the discord app.

Click the monitor. Click on the overlay and enable the in game overlay option. It should say overlay. Once in the settings switch to the overlay tab. Open up your user settings.

Under the app settings click on the overlay option. Here you can configure the appearance of the overlay. Now select the games tab. If you re a discord nitro subscriber you can also upload gifs to use as animated emoji.