Discord Testing the Return of Channel Name Emotes

As part of the latest datamining and experimentation updates to Discord channels, users have noticed the possible return of Channel Name Emotes — a feature that displays emojis before the channel name.

This idea was previously implemented in TabsV2 on mobile (2023–2024), but was subsequently disabled.

Example screenshots:

Old experiment (TabsV2 style):

Current test seen in experiment-rollouts:

What does this mean for servers?

• Better visual navigation inside channel categories
• More design flexibility for server owners
• Possibly limited to experiments — for now

Stay tuned — you might see some new icons popping up in your channel list soon!