Sony has started rolling out a new firmware update for its PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 consoles. The update brings in a number of features including voice commands, remote play enhancements, and variable refresh rate support. The company claims that all of these features have been thoroughly tested during the beta period, last month. Also Read — Far Cry 6 to be made available for free: How to download
PS5 owners in the US and UK can now test the Voice Command feature by saying “Hey, PlayStation” followed by the command. The feature can be used to navigate through games, apps, and settings. The feature is currently only available in the English language. The company might extend support to other languages in the future. Also Read — Sony PlayStation 5 sale tomorrow: How to make sure you get one
The update also brings a number of user-requested features including the ability to create or join Parties, UI enhancements for the PS5, addition of Game Base. Players can now also chat with friends, add people to groups, and send images or other forms of media. A Decline button has been added to make it easy to ignore friend requests. Also Read — Sony acquires gaming studio headed by Assassin's Creed co-creator
PS app users can now create or join Parties right from inside of the app. The Remote Play app also gets a dark mode, which will be linked to the phone settings. New Screen Reader feature has been added to the app with support for reading text in English, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Greek, Thai, and Chinese languages.
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>System software features like Open and Closed Parties are coming to PS5 and PS4 globally today, alongside PS App and PS Remote Play updates. Plus, first details on Read more on bgr.in