How To Use Discord Overlay

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.

How to use discord overlay. Next to where it shows among us as being active there will be a toggle for the discord overlay. If you re a discord nitro subscriber you can also upload gifs to use as animated emoji. Once in the settings switch to the overlay tab. Launch the discord app. Discord overlay is a feature which enables you to use discord voice and text channels to communicate with other fellow players.

Before opening your game go into discord and click on the user settings. Open up your user settings. Click on the overlay and enable the in game overlay option. Off with a small monitor and a red line through it. Under the app settings click on the overlay option.

Let s ensure the overlay enabled. Click the overlay tab and enable in game overlay. How to open the discord overlay. Click the monitor. Now select the games tab.

Toggle enable in game overlay to on by clicking the slider. Enable the overlay of the desired game. 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. This is a small gear icon located at the bottom of the window next to your username. Head over to user settings.

The overlay is a pretty fancy and fun piece of tech so there are some important points to go over. Here you can configure the appearance of the overlay. Click the game activity 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.