PS5just released its new update, which will add several and highly requested features such as Discord chat. This update however offers way more than just that, providing a hefty firmware overhaul forPS5users with many features players will find useful.
This firmware update has been in Beta for over a month now asPS5 added the Discord voice chat featureat the beginning of February to see how it fares with players. To some extent, the way Sony integrated Discord has been a slight disappointment for gamers as most hoped for complete integration, whereas this merge is only limited to the voice chat feature. However, this can be deemed as only the beginning of a relationship between Discord and PS5. If the voice chat is a success with users, and considering its current release from beta, then maybe more features will be added to the Discord experience later down the line.
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to add this feature to the PS5, a user needs to link their PSN account to their Discord account, and then start the voice chat over on Discord. Once that’s done the player can join the voice chat through their PS5 and hang out with their friends, regardless of if they have a PS5 or not. For those who previously linked their accounts with PS5 to display the game they’re currently playing, it’s useful to note they need to link the accounts again for the Discord feature to work. However, this is not the only addition the update comes with. Those with a 1440p display can now enable VRR for smoother visuals and there are alsosoftware updates for the DualSense, DualSense Edge, and PSVR2 Sense Controllers.
Game hubs now also offer more information for players, such as showing the game’s overall progress percentage, time played and a new tile under the name Friends Who Play. This will let a player see all their friends who have the same game, and also whether they’re online currently. There have been various other smaller social updates added, as well as Game Library enhancements. When it comes to capturing a player’s gaming experience, users can now manually upload screenshots and clips from theirPS5 to the PS App. Gamers in the US and UK areas also get an update which adds the voice command to capture video clips.
This substantial 1.1 GB update brings several useful additions to thePS5experience, allowing for smoother gaming.As for the Discord integration, there will no doubt be many gamers who’ll be waiting to see if more features will be added later down the line.
Main features of this system software update
Other updated features
The following improvements have been made to the screen reader feature:
The following features have been added to game hubs:
The following update has been made to the cross play feature:
We made the following improvement in game library:
The following settings have been added to game presets:
When downloading or installing a game, the way your saved data is checked has been changed.
The following changes have been made to the on-screen keyboard:
The way installed games are started has been changed.
We’ve updated the device software for DualSense wireless controller, DualSense Edge wireless controller and PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers.
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