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The Discord Android app is no longer lagging behind iOS

The Discord Android app is no longer lagging behind iOS
Russell Kidson

Russell Kidson

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Discord for Android has long been the insignificant, ugly step-sister of the utility’s mobile variants. Discord has, however, recently confirmed that this will no longer be the case. In a recent engagement, the company announced that it is rebuilding the Android app from the ground up to bring it in line with the iOS alternative. 

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The Discord Android app is being developed with React Native, a developer framework for creating apps that function equally across various platforms. Even though the official rebuilt app should be available sometime within the next few weeks, we’ve already seen a few new features ported to the current Android version of the app. 

Another massive change hitting the Android app is how updates will be furnished. In previous versions of the Android utility, users would have to wait considerably longer for updates and new features to be delivered to the app.

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These same features and updates would be included in the latest version of the iOS app, sometimes weeks before the Android variant. In the case of the newly rebuilt app, updates and new features will be furnished alongside those pushed to iOS devices. The company also expanded on this directly in a recent blog post.

‘React Native allows us to streamline and consolidate our processes, which helps our engineers work more efficiently and push out updates more frequently, especially now that the team won’t be spending as much time maintaining different codebases for different devices.’

It’ll be exciting to use Discord on Android soon and not feel like we’re getting the short end of the stick. Here’s another change happening within Discord: Apparently Discord is tidying up its dedicated voice channels.

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Russell Kidson

Russell Kidson

I hail from the awe-inspiring beauty of South Africa. Born and raised in Pretoria, I've always had a deep interest in local history, particularly conflicts, architecture, and our country's rich past of being a plaything for European aristocracy. 'Tis an attempt at humor. My interest in history has since translated into hours at a time researching everything from the many reasons the Titanic sank (really, it's a wonder she ever left Belfast) to why Minecraft is such a feat of human technological accomplishment. I am an avid video gamer (Sims 4 definitely counts as video gaming, I checked) and particularly enjoy playing the part of a relatively benign overlord in Minecraft. I enjoy the diverse experiences gaming offers the player. Within the space of a few hours, a player can go from having a career as an interior decorator in Sims, to training as an archer under Niruin in Skyrim. I believe video games have so much more to teach humanity about community, kindness, and loyalty, and I enjoy the opportunity to bring concepts of the like into literary pieces.

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