Discord is finally rolling out the ability to connect your PlayStation Network account to the chat app, following an announcement last May that it and Sony would โbring the Discord and PlayStation experiences closer together on console and mobile.โ Right now, the integration is pretty limited, both in terms of what it can do and seemingly who has access to it, but itโs likely the first step for things to come later. Outside of its partnership with Sony, Discord is also working on an interesting account management feature that weโd love to see make it to everyone.
Linking your accounts will let your Discord friends see what game youโre currently playing on your PlayStation, and you have the option of adding your PSN ID to your Discord profile so that other people can easily add you on the service. According to Discordโs announcement post, itโs โgradually rolling out the ability to link your PSN account from Discord,โ so it may take some time before you can use it โ Discord says up to a week if youโre in the US, with other countries coming next week. (Two Verge staff members checked their Discord accounts, and the PSN option didnโt show up for them. Perhaps thatโs understandable โ Sony does have a few other things going on right now.)
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Discord recommends using the integration to see if your friends are playing a game with cross-platform multiplayer.
If you want to link your PSN and Discord accounts, open Discord and then go to User Settings > Connections (on the mobile app, go to your profile, then tap Connections > Add). If the PlayStation logo is among the icons in the โConnect Your Accountsโ menu, you can click on it to bring up a PSN login screen. After you enter your credentials, your accounts should be linked.
Connecting to PSN isnโt the only feature Discord has been working on โ the companyโs also been experimenting with a feature that would let you easily switch between accounts, an ability a lot of users want if the likes on this request for that feature are anything to go by. The company made it clear in an email to The Verge that account switching (which has been spotted by Reddit users and YouTubers alike) is currently only available for a โsmall percentageโ of desktop users. Discord even has an FAQ for the feature, which currently says that the experiment is being run for a โlimited period of time,โ but as someone who frequently has to bounce between accounts, Iโd love for it to see the light of day.