How to use Discord voice chat on Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One consoles

If you want a way to talk to your friends from your Xbox console, Discord might be the solution. Here’s how to link your Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One systems to Discord voice chat.

If you’re an Xbox user and have always wanted to chat with your friends via Discord, then we have good news for you.

On September July 21, an update for Xbox was rolled out. The update finally offered support for Discord on Microsoft consoles. This meant you could finally connect to its voice chats natively from your consoles without much hassle.

And now thanks to the “Friends List” update, Discord has taken the next step in making its platform even more supported on consoles. If you’re wondering how to connect your console to Discord, our guide has everything you need to know.

How to link Discord account to your Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One

1. Login to your Discord account from a different device. It can be a PC, Mobile Client, or from its official website
2. Go to your User Settings
3. Click on the Connections tab
4. Click on the Xbox icon
5. Once a window pops up, log in with your Microsoft account details
6. Click on the “Authorize and Continue” option

Even if you’ve connected your Xbox account to Discord before, you need to connect it again. This will ensure you grant access to all the new permissions required to access the Voice feature on your Xbox console.

Let’s now look at the way to connect your Discord account from your Xbox console.

How to connect your Discord account from your Xbox console

Connecting your Discord account from your Xbox console is a crucial step to complete the process. If you are unaware of how to do the same, all you need to do is follow these steps:

1. Boot up your console
2. Press the Xbox button
3. Go to the Settings option from Profile & System menu
4. Click on Account
5. Navigate to “Linked social accounts”.
6. Under the Not Linked section, choose the Discord tile
7. Select Link
8. Follow the prompts to connect your Discord and Xbox accounts

How to use Discord on Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One

1. Boot up your console
2. Press the Xbox button
3. Navigatge to ‘Parties & chats’
4. Select ‘Discord Talk and stream’ option
5. Select preferred Discord voice channel

One of the biggest takeaways from the new July 31 update is that you no longer need the Discord phone app to join voice calls. From now on, you can directly chat to your friends just using your Xbox console.

The Friends-List update also brought with it a “Happening now” tab, which will show off any of your Discord friends currently chatting, and gaming, on the social media gaming platform.

As well as this, Xbox Series X|S consoles have a noise suppression feature for Discord voice. Producing clearer audio that will cancel out things like keyboard clicking as well as other loud background noise.

However, if you would rather keep the background audio on, noise suppression can be turned off in the Discord call Options section.

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