But a Chromium-based design means it can only be so efficient.
Discord is working on a new mode for its social platform that it says could be less resource intensive. Screenshots of an option called Game Mode began circulating on social media over the weekend. The description shown for the Game Mode toggle states that it will “reduce Discord’s CPU and GPU usage while running a game.” By making the chat platform less resource intensive, software running concurrently should be able to run more smoothly.
Today, the company confirmed on X that this experimental mode will begin rolling out to its users next week. The brief official announcement regarding the game mode adds that Discord “aims to add more resource-saving features over time.”
Discord is based on the Electron web application framework, which uses Javascript and Chromium to create software. The open source Chromium software, which forms the basis of Google’s Chrome and several other browsers, is not known as the most efficient tool for web development. A feature like Game Mode could offer some performance improvements, especially while also running a beefy AAA game on the same machine, but Discord may not be able to streamline its current architecture.
