Check your emails: you may have an invite for the next major PlayStation 4 beta. According to MP1st, Sony is sending out codes for a system software update planned to publicly release some time in the Spring. With the PS5 already available, this is less fully-fledged than previous PS4 firmware updates – although it does include some worthwhile quality of life tweaks.
For example, you’ll now be able to turn off message notifications for groups you’re part of, and request to join friends’ games. Furthermore, if you’ve “hidden” a game from your profile, your friends will no longer be able to see that you’re playing it. This is something we could have done with earlier in the generation, to be honest, as some review embargoes stipulate we must appear offline.
Perhaps the biggest change is the removal of the Communities feature, which is being discontinued. There are no alterations to the controversial new Party system, although Sony did admit that it was exploring improvements following some robust feedback last year. Did you get a beta invite? Are you going to try this out? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source mp1st.com]
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It's a shame we've not had any notable PS5 firmware updates (new features etc) in over 3 months since launch.
The email states that you can further invite 20 friends using the same code to download the firmware too.
I'm more than happy to let others beta this for me.
@LordSteev I've always participated and never had a problem.
@Topov81 I am happy with the current functionality, but there is a bad bug, waiting to be fixed: The fan is active in standby as long as the USB ports are active for charging. Please Sony, fix it!
@Hyperluminal Thank you for your service.
@LordSteev its a far, far better thing i do than I have ever done..
@Hyperluminal
@Max_the_German has the bug where leaving the PS5 in standby can lead it to rebuild the database when turned on again been fixed?
Just checked my emails & got the email for it
Maybe it can remove folders to bring PS4 into the future with PS5.
Doing away with Communities?! I guess it was inevitable since they did away with the Communities app. Well... here’s a fond farewell to the [mostly inactive] Push Square Community then. And I’m not sure where that leaves the 2021 screenshot competition. 😟
I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking removing communities is absolutely stupid.
There are loads that are very active, although less so since removing the app, and a good feature for getting games going.
The only update from Sony I want to hear is them fixing their crappy PSN store website. As for the PS4, at this late stage I cant see many (if any) actual improvements with the end of its life cycle approaching.
@Pac_Bot
Communities where nothing but toxic places where trolls and pedos hanged.
@TrueAssassin86x absolutely charming.
I can't speak for the ones you visited but the few I'm a member of don't fit your description.
@Topov81 Yup I'm still waiting on folders like I waited on PS4 😑
@Topov81 no new features yet as they are still fixing te features that are messing up just now
Does anybody know about how to fix the messaging issue. I have not been able make or receive message since that last major update a few months ago. not even on the app
Desperately need a firmware update for PS5. Still a lot of issues IMO, especially with external hard drives (games sometimes saying they’re installed and not playing) and the annoying deleted game icons staying on the home page. I don’t want to have to rebuild my game database just to fix stupid issues like this.
Why hasn't Sony added that inverted aim in all the first and third person games to ps4 while not messing with the weapon/item wheels that's great quality of life improvements ps4 could use though you're going to need to go into every inverted game and set it to default so inverted+ inverted doesn't cancel it out
@awp69 for the icons of deleted games just start them downloading again and once they start moving, cancel it.
Massive pain in the rear but it gets rid of those stupid left over icons.
If I had my way? Just change Communities to something "Powered by Discord" and we'd be OK. Would bridge the gap for a lot of things. 💚
Maybe they're planning to remove the PS4's Store app and replace it with the obviously far superior Store Web site (am I missing an 'h' in site?)
I'd rather let others Beta test stuff like this tbh.
Does anyone know when will this be for everyone?
@Weebleman Unfortunately, that method doesn’t really help if you don’t have the space to start downloading it again.
I'm genuinely going to miss viewing some amazing shots from our galaxy in the Elite Dangerous Community that I'm in.
Every PS4 update seems to be about messages and chat
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