Well, Discord’s games tab is different because it doesn’t break that information down by individual players. Instead, it breaks activity down on a game-by-game basis. This is so useful.

To enable or disable the Discord game overlay, open the Settings menu, and select the “Game Activity” tab. Click on the monitor icon on the right of the game icon to turn the overlay on or off.

The Games tab's features work across all devices where Discord is installed, including desktop, mobile, and Xbox One, which recently integrated Discord into its Xbox Live service.

The Games tab can show info on up to 100 different Discord users, and you can even use it to join a friend's group in-game as long as the title in question supports Discord's Rich Presence feature.

Popular voice chat app Discord launched a new feature on Thursday that makes it easier to see what games people are playing.

To address that shortcoming, Discord has added a new "Games Tab" function that enables users to more easily see what's going on, and to join in on the action.

And if you buy or otherwise receive games from Discord, the Library tab will remain unless you turn it off. The company isn't shy about its reasoning.

Next time you log into Discord, you’re going to see something new: the games tab. It offers a whole array of useful new features, but the thing that we’re going to take away is that these ...

Next, the Library tab - and associated Universal Game Launcher - have been cut loose. The team says it's taking these away "to keep your Discord experience fast and clean".

Discord provided a screenshot of the new Games tab, where you can see featured news items at the top (I'm not sure where they're sourced from), a Quick Launcher bar underneath, and Now Playing and ...