Discord is Testing Screen Sharing on Android

Discord has long offered the option to share your screen on PC through its desktop client for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The company is finally testing the possibility of screen sharing on Android.

Equally spotted by XDA Developers, Discord is testing screen sharing on Discord beta 48.two or higher on Android. However, the rollout seems to be limited as it wasn't bachelor when I checked on my phone with Discord beta 48.iii.

Once available, you volition see a new screen share icon in Discord's vox calling UI. When you printing the icon, a pop-upwards that reads "Mobile Screen Share is hither! Lookout man videos, stream gameplay, or browse other apps together by sharing your screen with your friends" appears. Yous tin can so tap on the 'Try it out!' button to start a screen sharing session and switch to other apps.

Discord's screen sharing interface has a wide range of quick control buttons including ane to switch to video call, end screen share, toggle mic, along with a push button to end the call. You also have the selection to change the audio output while you're screen sharing.

Discord is non the just app to have screen sharing on mobile. Pop apps including Google Duo and Facebook Messenger recently gained support for the feature. However, screen sharing on mobile devices is one of the near requested features on Discord. In fact, a feedback post requesting screen sharing on Discord'south support forum has garnered over 1000 upvotes in 2 years.

Every bit mentioned earlier, screen sharing isn't widely available even for beta testers at this moment. You lot can effort your luck by enrolling in Discord's beta program from the link below. We could look the company to officially launch screen sharing on Discord in the coming weeks.

Download Discord Beta (Android)