Squircles, Styles, and Spacing: How Your Feedback is Helping Improve Mobile (opens in new tab)
Discord is updating its mobile app to align more closely with the refreshed desktop experience. The changes introduce consistent themes and shape conventions, improve accessibility and customization, and simplify the chat bar. The overall goal is to make Discord feel familiar and consistent regardless of platform. ## Desktop Themes Come to Mobile - Mobile now includes all four desktop base themes: - Light - Ash - Dark - Onyx - Ash restores the classic dark appearance with improved contrast for accessibility. - Onyx provides true black AMOLED backgrounds instead of dark gray, potentially reducing battery use on OLED displays. - Users can adjust contrast and saturation through Accessibility settings. - Nitro users’ voice and video tile backgrounds now match their selected profile theme across desktop and mobile. ## More Flexible Theme Customization - Users can choose which Light and Dark themes activate based on their device’s appearance mode. - The “Same as Device Theme” option is available under Appearance settings. - Device-theme synchronization takes priority over “Sync Across Devices.” - Themes such as Mint Apple for Light mode and Noir for Dark mode can be assigned to different times of day. ## Consistent Shapes Across the Interface - Discord now follows a simple visual rule: - People, including friends and bots, use circular avatars. - Servers and apps use squircle-shaped icons. - The distinction helps users identify people versus things while scanning lists. - Rounded corners on buttons, inputs, and containers have also been standardized. - Direct messages and group DMs remain circular to preserve their “friend circle” identity. ## A Less Crowded Chat Bar - The chat bar has been reorganized to create more space for composing messages. - Emoji, Gift, Voice Message, and frequently used quick actions remain visible near the right side. - Threads and app usage have moved into the **+** menu. - Long-pressing **+** provides a shortcut to any action without opening the full menu. - Although Threads and Apps now require an additional tap, the long-press gesture is intended to keep them readily accessible. Together, these updates make mobile Discord more visually consistent with desktop while giving users greater control over themes and preserving quick access to common actions.