PS5 System Update Adds 1440p Support, Gamelists, and More - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 September 2022 / 1,519 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment has released a new PlayStation 5 system software update that adds 1440p resolution support, gamelists, and more.
Read the details below:
The update includes several highly-requested features like 1440p HDMI video output* and gamelists, as well as social features like the ability to request a Share Screen from a fellow party member, easily view new friends’ profiles, and receive a notification to help you join a friend’s game more quickly from a party chat.
Additionally, you can now compare 3D audio and stereo audio on the same screen and more easily access in-progress Activities from game hubs. Check out our beta blog post to get the full scoop on these features, and read on for details about some new and forthcoming updates for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation App.
YouTube Search through Voice Command (Preview)
Another feature we’re excited to bring to more PlayStation5 players is the ability to search for content on YouTube through Voice Command (Preview). From anywhere on PlayStation5, including during gameplay, you can say “Hey PlayStation, find [keyword] on YouTube.” The YouTube app will open and relevant search results will be shown.
Note: Voice Command (Preview) is currently available in English for PlayStation5 players with accounts registered to the U.S. and U.K.
New PlayStation App Features
In addition to these PlayStation 5 console updates, we’re gradually rolling out some new features for PlayStation App globally later this month, on iOS and Android:
- Launch a PlayStation Remote Play Session Through PlayStation App – PlayStation App users will be able to launch a PlayStation Remote Play session directly from PlayStation App on iOS and Android devices. To start, make sure PlayStation App is linked to your PlayStation5 console and your console is in Rest Mode. Then, select the “Play Using PlayStation Remote Play” icon on a PlayStation App game hub, and the PlayStation Remote Play app will automatically launch the game. To enjoy this feature, make sure PlayStation App and the PlayStation Remote Play app are both installed on your mobile or tablet device.
- Request Share Screen – Similar to the PlayStation 5 feature, PlayStation App users will be able to request another party member playing on PlayStation 5 to start a Share Screen session, and then watch their friend’s gameplay from the app. This makes it even easier for you to stay connected with friends while you’re on the go.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I thought these features were already available, but ok I guess.
1440p is definitely new in a release firmware. It was previously in testing in a beta firmware. Sony has typically mostly supported TV resolutions (480i, 480p, 1080i, 720p, 1080p, 4K, etc.). 1440p is generally thought of as a computer monitor resolution and Microsoft has been supporting it since the Xbox One days but this is the first Sony console to support it. If you've previously read about 1440p on a Sony console, it would have been in the context of an internal rendering resolution for a title, not the actual output resolution. Now the PS5 can also output 1440p, if you're using a 1440p panel.
Definitely something I'll be taking advantage of! I play on PC 80% of the time, and a 1440p monitor is what I use. Just seems like the sweet spot. Especially if you're going for high framerates. So my PS5 has been stuck on 1080p lol. I'm hoping devs, especially Santa Monica, will be able to add official 1440p support for their games. Specifically GoW: Ragnarok lol. I would love if it supported 1440p at launch!
Because they were console games to be played on TV where 1440p is hardly standard, but sure no need to limit it.
Fair enough. But, people have been using computer monitors to play console games all the way back to the 1980s, and with 1440p being one of the most popular computer monitor resolutions these days this is something that was way overdue IMO. :)
Can't disagree, not being the norm doesn't make it unworthy of supporting.
Honestly, I think Sony was slow to support it because they DO sell a lot of TVs, but don't sell a lot of computer monitors. Same as how they waited to support VRR in the PS5 until their own TVs supported VRR, despite Microsoft supporting it since the Xbox One days.
that certainly have a lot to do with it, just like PS3 pushed 3D and I think X360 didn`t.
I did a bit of research into it, and there's an important reason to support 1440p. If you own an HDMI 2.0 set that's capable of 120 Hz, 1440p is the highest common resolution that can do 120 FPS.
So for a 120 FPS game, outputting 1440p is the best case scenario. If the device can't output 1440p, then it will have to drop down to outputting 1080p when a game is 120fps.
So, yeah, that's a damn good reason to support 1440p, even if the TV set doesn't support 1440p! If the TV doesn't support 1440p it will likely scale it to 4K (or some other resolution it does support). I'd rather 1440p scaled to 4K, than 1080p scaled to 4K, if I had the choice and they were otherwise identical. And if the game is internally rendering at 1440p, downgrading to 1080p and scaling up to 4K is a huge loss and offering no gain. You won't even get better performance, as better performance would require the internal resolution of the game be dropped to 1080p, not the device's output dropped to 1080p. And many PS5 games do render internally at 1440p, either for this reason or because parts of the code base were ported from Xbox or PC versions of the game. So developers were probably asking for 1440p support.
That is indeed a very good point, plus even if the TV is for some odd reason a 1080p with 120Hz (don't know if they exist) you would still get supersampling which is much better AA than just getting a 1080p output because of the HDMI version.
Now a 4k120 TV won't make much difference because the games PS or Series would be able to run at 4k and 120fps at the same time aren't the ones were the image quality is that high anyway.
Yep I knew about the beta having it, but for me there were already the official rollout of the 1440p.
