While Discord is mainly used on desktop as a chatting app, it also has a mobile app available for the same functions. However, the desktop version had a considerable advantage over the mobile app in the form of a background noise suppression feature. The feature was introduced in a Discord update earlier this year, but now noise suppression has now come to mobile on both iOS and Android.
The noise suppression feature, created in a partnership with Krisp.ai, uses machine learning to filter out sounds that are not a human voice. It is good to see this functionality added to the mobile app, especially with Discord expanding beyond its existing gaming audience.
In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Discord has increased server capacity to support those who are working from home (or simply spending more time at home) during the current pandemic. With noise suppression now available for mobile users, Discord appears to be providing its services to the widest audience possible.
Ever since Discord launched in 2015, the app has constantly added new features including a live streaming service. With many people working from home and using their increased free time playing games, these features are appreciated greatly by the community.
Despite the expansion into non-gaming markets, Discord’s primary audience is gamers who use its functionalities for various purposes. As more games have released this year, various servers have popped up for different purposes including a villager-giving server for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Source: Discord Blog
