Everything You Can Do in PS5's New Welcome Hub | Push Square
In the latest PS5 system software update, a major new addition has been made to the console's home screen. A new tile, simply titled Welcome, is being rolled out to all users over the next few weeks, and it's a great new feature that can show you a lot of information about your PS5, friend activity, and more. On top of that, it's fully customisable, letting you pick and choose what widgets show up and how they're positioned, and you can even choose a background. We wanted to provide a rundown of what this Welcome hub can do for you, so let's take a look.
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PS5's Welcome hub replaces the old Explore page, and is the new default screen you see when you log into your console. It's intended to provide you with an at-a-glance overview of your PS5, your recent activity, information about your friends list, Trophies, and more. Additionally, it also houses news about the games you follow as well as updates from PlayStation, such as info about new PS Store deals, upcoming events, and so on.
At the top of the Welcome hub is a range of widgets, each one showing you useful information about your console, social activity, and more. Let's go through each of them and what they can do.
A simple one, this — the Trophies widget gives you an overview of your Trophy collection. You can see a breakdown of how many of each Trophy type you've earned, as well as what Trophy level you've reached and what your progress is towards the next level.
This widget shows you the current charge level of your active PS5 controller. If you enlarge the widget, you can see charge levels of multiple controllers, if required.
If you want to be aware of how much storage you're using on your PS5's SSD or external HDD, this widget provides that information. It shows you colour-coded meters pertaining to games and apps, media gallery, save data, and other. You can swap between console storage and external
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