Playing cross-platform games with your friends on free videos sex analPlayStation 5may get easier in the near future.
Just a few months after Discord started rolling out voice chat features to Xboxowners, 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 bundle of the app's new PlayStation-centric features, most notably the ability to join Discord voice chats via a PS5 console.
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That may be easy enough to Photoshop, but a screenshot of the exact same menu also appeared on Redditover the weekend courtesy of user Syhix. Based on this leak, it appears users will be able to connect a PlayStation Network account to Discord to enable voice chats as well as display which PS5 game you’re playing on your Discord profile, the latter of which has been an existing optionsince at least January.
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Crucially, voice chats appear to be available only on PS5, meaning PS4 owners need 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 Discordin 2021, but now a year and a half later, voice chat still hasn’t been released or even officially confirmed.
SEE ALSO: The 'real' metaverse already exists and it's called 'Fortnite'The closest thing we have to a date comes courtesy of reporter Tom Henderson, who has a track record of seemingly valid leaks, including a recent report that the PS5 would get a detachable disc drive. According to Henderson, Discord won't add PS5 integration until a system update sometime in March of 2023. So, in other words, it could be a little while.
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Still, better late than never. As more and more games like Fortniteand Overwatch 2embrace cross-play, a third-party voice chat client (that you probably already have an account for if you play games) with official integration on bothnext-gen consoles will be more useful than ever. I know my friends and I will be eternally grateful for Discord on PS5 whenever it launches.
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