

I mostly use this feature to add old or new games Discord hasn't added to its database, but the one non-game program I stream the most is Google Chrome. Select which you'd like to add and you're set. To add a game or app that Discord doesn't already detect, click the little text below the box that says "Add it." This will bring up a dropdown menu of every program currently running. The green box up top displays what app Discord can see you running at the moment, with an option to turn on its overlay for that app (I usually keep it off because it can cause performance issues with some games).


Head over to settings and scroll all the way down to Activity Status. This one setting is so flexible that it's basically the not-so-secret key to unlock what Discord Go Live is truly capable of. There's an easy way around this that essentially lets you tell Discord to stream any game (or non-game) running on your PC. Sometimes Discord won't detect the game you're playing and only shows the option to start an audio-less screen share. Discord's Go Live button is pretty good at automatically detecting what game you're playing and setting up a stream with a single click, but it's not perfect.
