New usernames aren’t the only change coming to Discord. The company is also testing a suite of parental controls that would allow for increased oversight of Discord’s youngest users.

New usernames aren’t the only change coming to Discord. The company is also testing a suite of parental controls that would allow for increased oversight of Discord’s youngest users.

In a live test running in Discord’s iOS app in the U.S., the company introduced a new “Family Center” feature, where parents will be able to configure tools that allow them to see the names and avatars of their teen’s recently added friends, the servers the teen has joined or participated in and the names and avatars of users they’ve directly messaged or engaged within group chats.

This approach, which toes a fine line between the need for parental oversight and a minor’s right to privacy, is similar to how Snapchat implemented parental controls in its app last year.