Mobile devices are opening new paths that go hand in hand with other well-marked experiences in gaming for many years now. Those of you who are used to playing video games such as Counter Strike or World of Warcraft, surely you will know applications such as TeamSpeak or Skype itself, by the way, the latter began to become known thanks to thousands of players who saw it as an alternative to a TeamSpeak that, although it offers more advanced options to create chat rooms with permissions, also made it difficult for certain players to connect with others.
This new world that is opening up mobile devices is also making it possible for us to access new applications like the one we have with Discord. From the page itself from Google Play Store it is identified as the unique multi-platform voice and text chat app specially designed for gamers. It is with the Discord app for Android that you can be connected to all text and voice chat channels, even when one is AFK. The perfect app to chat with team members, see who is online and resume written conversations on the channels where you are subscribed.
Simplicity and great design
We are facing another of those apps in which it goes directly to its great objective which is communication between gamers. For this, it adds great visual aesthetics and excellent performance through all the pages it has, be it the main one where the messages are found, the one to create a server or the several for the different settings. It is in these settings where we have a good number of options that I will comment on below.
Her CARACTERISTICS
- Voice chat- Participate in voice channels and chat with your team or group
- Real-time messages- Share video, images and text in chat
- Push notifications- Never miss a thing with @mentions and direct messages
- Instant invitations- Easily add to your voice server by sharing a direct invite link
- Direct messages: send private messages
- Multiple server support: manage all your chat groups from the same client
- Manageable channels- Keep discussions on topic through structured communication
Created by and for gamers
With this series of options we find an app that has been designed by gamers. This is evident from the beginning in certain characteristics that are very evident and that solve some of the most common problems when one enters, for example, in an organized clan of years where there are certain rules.
It usually happens that in TeamSpeak we must navigate through a good number of rooms organized by video games and in which we then have their own groups and teams to enter a game. If you've been through an MMO and a clan where they have everything well organized, you will know what I'm talking about. In Discord, the direct invitation with a link shared through a social network solve part of these inconveniences for new players looking for team games from a clan.
The ability to be able manage different servers From the same client, it is perfect for those organized clans that have hundreds of players who play different games, and this is where Discord shows its strength to be a very interesting option and a great alternative to other services.
The other great virtue is its multi-platform so that we can move from our Android to PC, Mac, iOS or even Linux, although this version is still in development. The other options add great quality to the whole and are basic for a chat app such as the ability to share images, video, mentions or private messages.
From the settings we have several interesting options such as changing the profile avatar; options for voice like switch between voice activity or push-to-talk, this opens a series of options to determine the incoming audio, echo cancellation or sound suppression among other features; activation of notifications to even wake up the device; options for texts and images to show the preview of a link; and the ability to change the theme between dark or light.
An app dedicated exclusively for gaming and that brings great quality to Android. If your thing is to play as a team through voice or text, it is essential at this time.
