Discord has put out a helpful little quality-of-life update, so you do not have to go digging through folders every time you want to change your profile picture. The feature of “Recent Avatars” was squeakily launched by the platform, where two or three of the most recent profile pictures can be loaded and used without having to be uploaded again.
Basically, what happens is: while changing your avatar (that little picture that represents you in servers), Discord now pops up your last few uploaded pictures right on the menu. No need to get into that downloads folder trying to find one of those cool anime pics you used last month. Just go to User Settings > Profiles > Avatar, and boom – the recent uploads are right there.
It may seem like a little change; however, for one who strives to change a profile picture often, it meant going through the stages. Maybe you use a rotation of meme pics or like to change your avatar to seasonal vibes. Either way, this update removes that tedious step of going back and re-uploading the same pictures repeatedly.
While Discord hasn’t officially specified how many recent avatar images it keeps at a time, early testers have been reporting that it at least keeps the last few uploads ready to be used. The feature, it seems, is live for the greater part of users both on desktop and mobile, but since with any Discord update, she may take a hot minute to show up for all.
In fact, it also comes at an interesting time with the somewhat subtle yet quite useful updates Discord has been churning out one after the other. Just last month, users were gifted with the capability of reacting with emojis in voice channels. Before emoji reactors, we had threaded conversations to keep chats from descending into madness. So, the key takeaway here is that Discord is actually targeting the pain points that increase with time.
Some gamers are dissing speculations that this could well lie in the ambit of a larger profile customization update. Discord has been experimenting with profile banner colors and an ‘about me’ section in some regions lately, so something on those lines for the user experience ought to follow shortly. Meanwhile, ‘Recent Avatars’ beckons shallow yet resounding applause.
If you have an active persona with loads of profiles to show off, give it a go now. Even if it hasn’t dawned upon your client yet, don’t lose any sleep over it- these Discordy-ways roll off in waves. Just keep watching the avatar menu, and in no time, your last few profile pics will be right there waiting for you as an excuse for dragging your Halloween avatar till February.
Another step of revision that won’t change the very nature of the application but really adds small conveniences that make a bit of polish to the platform. Somehow, now, they could fix the random voice disconnect issues… Step by step.
