Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user
Discord has introduced end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for all users. This feature ensures that communications remain private, preventing any external access, including from Discord itself. The rollout comes at a time when other platforms have scaled back on encryption features, marking a significant privacy advancement for Discord's user base.
- ▪Discord has enabled end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls for every user.
- ▪This feature allows users to communicate privately without external access to their calls.
- ▪The rollout of this encryption feature follows other platforms like Meta and TikTok reducing their encryption offerings.
7 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 14 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Discord Voice and Video Calls Now End-to-End Encrypted by Default — MacRumors
- ▪ Discord now uses end-to-end encryption for all voice and video calls by default — 9to5Mac
- ▪ Discord calls finally get end-to-end encryption, but your DMs didn’t make the cut — Digital Trends
- ▪ Discord rolls out end-to-end encryption on voice, video calls — Reddit
- ▪ Discord says voice and video calls outside of stage channels are now end-to-end encrypted by default, after launching its encryption protocol in September 2024 (Jess Kinghorn/PC Gamer) — Techmeme
- ▪ Discord now has end-to-end encryption on all calls — Engadget
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In Brief Posted: 2:14 PM PDT · May 19, 2026 Image Credits:MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images Zack Whittaker Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user Messaging platform giant Discord has switched on end-to-end encrypted voice and video messaging for every user. The end-to-end encryption feature means that Discord users can now communicate privately without anyone else being able to listen in to their calls, not even Discord. This is a major privacy win for the community’s hundreds of millions of users, soon after social media giant Meta pulled the plug on Instagram’s end-to-end encrypted messaging feature earlier this year. TikTok said it would also not end-to-end encrypt user messages after it became a U.S. company.
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