PS4 Firmware Update 1.61 Stabilises Your System

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by Sammy Barker Tue 18th Feb 2014

Sony may have made it easier than ever to download and install incremental updates with the PlayStation 4, but that hasn’t prevented it from pushing out seemingly meaningless patches. SCEE community manager Chris Owen confirmed earlier this morning that firmware update v1.61 is available now, stating that it adds “general enhancements to the system’s stability”.

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We suspect that this is merely a fix for the recent v1.60, which added Pulse headset support to the next generation device. If you turn on your console now, the update should start downloading immediately. Alternatively, you can put your system in standby, and it’ll do all of the heavy lifting for you. You can find out how to do that courtesy of our PS4 background download guide.

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As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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elocinkrob
Tue 18th Feb 2014

Yeah mine just notified me

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get2sammyb
Tue 18th Feb 2014

@elocinkrob Ditto. After spending so many years with the PS3, I do love how the PS4 does all of this stuff automatically. It's like magic.

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elocinkrob
Tue 18th Feb 2014

@get2sammyb yeah I love that. I got the notification and it wasn't like oh download now or you can't do anything else it just started to download in the background. I went online to see what it's about. Thanks to push square for updating the news so quickly.

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Dub-Focus
Tue 18th Feb 2014

i want to be able to have the Supplied ear bug in the controller to use the MIC but have all volume to come out the TV at the same time! and Log In Notifications and a youtube app please!

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FullbringIchigo
Tue 18th Feb 2014

hopefuly this fixes the blu-ray crass issue some of us have

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MadchesterManc
Tue 18th Feb 2014

I picked up a Ps4 on Saturday and I think it's been on Standby whenever I'm not using it. Anyone know the power draw when left on standby? It's great having it download & install everything while I'm asleep or at work so I can get straight to playing when relaxing. Hoping 3D bluray playback is patched in soon...

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Djwess
Tue 18th Feb 2014

@Dub-Focus You actually can use the supplied headset only as a mic. It should be set by default until changed. You have to hold down the ps button on your controller and go to adjust devices. There you will see output to headphones where you can change it to all audio or chat audio only. And when you log in it automatically tells you when it adds something or updates something in your notifications.