Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth mentioned final Could that he would “love” for Quest to have some type of Discord integration, though it appeared it was as much as Discord to make the primary transfer. At Join this week, Meta introduced Discord is formally coming to Quest subsequent yr.
Whereas Quest customers can technically log into Discord through Quest’s internet browser, it’s removed from excellent. However in 2026, Discord says a local window app is coming to Quest, which should make multitasking even simpler. These window apps enable customers to maintain apps in view whereas enjoying VR video games, which means you don’t have to exit or pause the sport in progress.
Meta calls Discord on Quest a “large alternative for VR builders,” due to the messaging platform’s large consumer base amongst players.
“Give it some thought: Discord is residence to a extremely engaged group of greater than 200 million month-to-month lively gamers who spend a mixed 1.9 billion hours enjoying video games every month throughout 1000’s of titles on PC alone,” Meta says in a developer weblog put up. “With the launch of the Discord app on Quest, VR devs may have an unimaginable discoverability engine at their disposal.”
Neither firm has confirmed something past fundamental multitasking, nevertheless a local app launch might level to some larger performance that PC gamers already take pleasure in. Sport presence help, or robotically exhibiting what recreation you’re at present enjoying to different Discord customers, could possibly be on the listing. We’re additionally hoping for improved efficiency, persistence, and probably system-level notifications for issues like messages and calls.
Nonetheless, a number of the prime wishlist gadgets could also be out of attain. Whereas we’ll be ready for the complete launch in 2026 to inform, it’s unlikely customers will be capable to stream headset POV to Discord, both as a recreation stream or as a video chat enter. One other attain could also be entry to Quest’s ‘avatar selfie cam’ for Discord video chats, which might require the corporate to combine Camera2 or CameraX API.
One thing else you most likely shouldn’t anticipate: the flexibility to ask mates to VR video games via Discord, which solely a handful of desktop video games help on Discord in the intervening time. Regardless of the case, we’re holding out hope for the full-fat Discord customers expertise, which we should always find out about extra within the coming months.
