New PS5 Beta Firmware Is Available Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes

Didn’t this feature exist before? I understand the patch notes differently: „PSSR 2 upgrade“ is now the default setting.

Please correct mr if I‘m wrong!

Pretty sure this (the PSSR thing) was already a thing though? Sounds like they're just making it on by default now.

The Bluetooth setting was also there already (I used it myself in the past) - what they changed is that it now additionally prevents the console from going to sleep in some situations (which makes sense for events)

RE PSSR2

I don't think you have this quite right.
This functionality already exists to upgrade to PSSR2 any game running old versions of PSSR.

What the update appears to do is to turn the toggle on by default - previously, for some unknown reason, I think the toggle was off by default and needed enabling.

I always have this on, as it tends to offer an excellent upgrade in visual quality.

Has anyone tested how the PSSR compares against DLSS and FSR4? I don't get why sony chose to deviate from amd's tech that rapidly improves.

So this basically pointless update for ps5 pro users as its mote effort to download this beta than it is to just go and switch by default. I would also guess that most ps pro users would have done this anyway.

@zebric21
I believe PSSR2 is basically a version of whatever the latest version of FSR4 is, but using a different AI type, due to hardware differences.
Everything I have seen / read suggests PSSR2 compares very favourably with FSR4, as you would expect given that Sony / Mark Cerny have been involved in both.

That’s really nothing. Installed the beta but it’s not worth it.

@Voltan exactly this. There’s nothing new.

@zebric21 pssr came out before fsr 4 and AMD and Sony worked together to create it, pretty sure the efforts went in to creating pssr was transferable to fsr4 as fsr4 was released not too long after pssr. Pssr is likely equal to or better than.

There are definitely sources of info on the net which explains how pssr was crucial in fsr 4 development

@Max_the_German you didn't even read or try to understand this article at all. They never said it was a new feature, the feature was never enabled by default, you had to go out of your way to enable it as it could induce bugs. They have now made the setting default to turned on (I'm assuming due to pssr improvements they're confident in enabling it by default)

@Max_the_German The feature isn't new. The only change is that it's turned on by default. Before the firmware update goes through, you need to turn it on manually.

@zebric21 I haven't done any tests, but I'm pretty sure that PSSR is technically AMD tech, in that it's a joint collaboration between AMD and Sony, so whatever advancements they're making internally, they're probably sharing to some extent with PSSR.

@tclarke90 Bro, chill out. Max was asking an innocent clarifying question. No need to tear into him.

@zebric21 There are quite a few Digital Foundry videos comparing various upscalers. Hmmm I’m not sure what you mean regarding AMD. They were not making any meaningful progress on their own product. Sony decided to push ahead independently which ended in a joint collaboration. FSR 3 and 4 are quite different, FSR 3 relies on conventional non-AI algorithms for edge detection and pixel blending. FSR 4 uses machine learning models built to leverage dedicated AI accelerators like FP8 found natively on newer architectures (like RDNA 4). PSSR 2 and FSR 4 stem from the same core algorithmic foundation developed via Sony and AMD’s joint machine learning collaboration.
They are co-developing further if you look into project amethyst.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/10/ps6-out-in-a-few-years-as-sony-amd-discuss-the-future-of-games