- Experiment ID
2026-05-spatial-audio-for-voice- Experiment Type
- apex / user
- Previous Type
- apex / user
- Analysis Summary
- Adds a Spatial Audio switch to the voice output-device menu on supported devices, letting users turn spatial voice positioning on or off.
- Why It Matters
- Spatial positioning can make participants easier to distinguish in group voice calls.
- The support check also avoids showing a control that cannot work on the current device.
- Detailed Description
- By default, the voice output-device menu does not show a Spatial Audio switch.
- In the variant, the switch appears only when Discord confirms that the current device supports spatial audio.
- Toggling it immediately changes the spatial-audio setting for the active voice call.
- In the same build, the matching label changed from an internal placeholder to the user-facing name ‘Spatial Audio,’ which supports the visible menu flow.
- The control remains hidden on unsupported devices even when the experiment is enabled.
- Focus Area
- Spatial audio for voice calls
- Importance
- high
- Default Config
{
"enabled": false
}- Variations
{
"1": {
"enabled": true
}
}- Previous Default Config
{
"enabled": false
}- Previous Variations
{
"1": {
"enabled": true
}
}- Signals
- MediaEngine.supports(SPATIAL_AUDIO)
- UI IDs
- spatial-audio-panel
- spatial-audio-settings