Discord has rolled out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for all voice and video calls on its platform, completing a multi-year effort that began in 2023.
The feature is now enabled by default for direct messages, group calls, voice channels, and Go Live streams across desktop, mobile, web browsers and gaming consoles.
Migration completed in March: Discord completed migrating its calling infrastructure to its DAVE encryption protocol in March 2026 and no longer allows users to join calls through clients that do not support encryption.
Discord first introduced DAVE, its open-source E2EE protocol for audio and video, in September 2024.
No plans for encrypted text messages: Despite expanding encryption to calls, Discord said it has “no current plans to extend E2EE to text messages”.
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Discord has rolled out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for all voice and video calls on its platform, completing a multi-year effort that began in 2023. The feature is now enabled by default for direct messages, group calls, voice channels, and Go Live streams across desktop, mobile, web browsers and gaming consoles. Stage channels remain outside the rollout.
The move comes at a time when some large tech platforms are reconsidering or limiting E2EE. Earlier this month, Meta dropped plans to expand E2EE for direct messages on Instagram, while TikTok said in March that it had no plans to introduce E2EE for DMs, citing safety concerns.
Migration completed in March: Discord completed migrating its calling infrastructure to its DAVE encryption protocol in March 2026 and no longer allows users to join calls through clients that do not support encryption. The company is also removing the remaining code that allows unencrypted fallback connections.
Discord first introduced DAVE, its open-source E2EE protocol for audio and video, in September 2024. Cybersecurity firm Trail of Bits externally audited the protocol, and Discord added it to the company’s bug bounty programme.
Technical challenges across platforms: The company said one of the biggest technical challenges was making encrypted calls work across multiple platforms simultaneously, including phones, laptops, PlayStation, Xbox consoles, and web browsers, without affecting call quality or latency.
Discord also said its engineers worked with Mozilla to fix a Firefox-related issue that affected the protocol during live user calls.
No plans for encrypted text messages: Despite expanding encryption to calls, Discord said it has “no current plans to extend E2EE to text messages”. The company added that it has built many of its existing text-based features on systems that do not use end-to-end encryption.
“E2EE happens transparently. The experience hasn’t changed; the protection has,” the company said.
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