A few people are reporting that they’re seeing unfamiliar “hangout notifications” on Discord. If you’re annoyed, you can directly turn it off from server settings.
Under the same Reddit post that complained about the notifications, advaith1, a developer at Discord, said that the feature is new and that you can turn it off in server settings.
A few users posted screenshots on how you can exactly turn it off. Navigate to the Overview tab, and you’ll see an option for “System Messages Settings.” Under that, you’ll find an option that says “Send a message when a voice hangout has started.” It appears to be toggled on by default, but you can turn it off from this menu, and Discord will no longer send you these hangout notifications.
These notifications appear as mobile push alerts, or in-app notices, which say things like “Your friend started a game,” or “Your friend and two others were hanging out for 2 hours,” when in a shared server.
Hangouts on Discord refer to casual voice or video sessions in voice channels, and Discord seems to have recently begun expanding activity-based notifications. People report seeing these new notifications on both desktop and mobile.
These are not standard message pings or “@” mentions, and they’re just social activity alerts. I was unable to find official documentation of when the feature was first introduced, so I can’t exactly pinpoint when Discord started rolling this out.
It’s likely sometime in March or April 2026, since a few Discord users reported that they’ve started seeing it around three or four days ago. People annoyed by these notifications say, “I’ve never seen hangout noficiations in the server before.”
Discord has been introducing other interesting features lately as well. Discord’s next shop collectible could put frames around profile cards, and you can read about that here.
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Dwayne Cubbins
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