After a fairly lengthy stint in a public beta test, the PlayStation 4's latest major firmware, 5.50, is now ready and available to all in a mandatory download.
Weighing in at 459.9MB, the update introduces some nice new features. The headline addition is system wide supersampling, which basically means PS4 Pro-enhanced games will look even better on your 1080p televisions. The parental controls have been beefed up as well; you're now able to limit the amount of time your children can play, set acceptable hours so they can't play into the small hours, and lots more.
You can now customise your PS4's background with an image from a USB device, if you're so inclined. The library sees some enhancements, allowing you to better sort your games and apps. A new PlayStation Plus section will house your monthly freebie titles, and you can now hide games from the Purchased section, so those pesky betas and demos can stop tormenting you. Notifications can now be deleted, too, so you'll be able to get your PS4 nice and tidy.
Teams is a new social aspect found in Events that enables you to better organise yourself and your buddies for tournaments. If you have a Rocket League team, for example, and there's an official tournament coming up, you can enter your team via the PS4's new system, which then sends participants a notification when your match is about to start.
We've had a quick play around with firmware 5.50, but haven't been able to find any hidden features or little extras yet. If we do, we'll update this article to keep you in the know.
Are the features found in firmware update 5.50 to your liking, or were you expecting more? Get that download started in the comments below.
Update: Sony has detailed firmware update 5.50 in a new post on the PlayStation Blog.
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Thank you. Updating now in the UK.
I can't say a lot of this is of much use to me personally. I don't need super-sampling, teams and the rest seems 'cosmetic' only. I had hoped that Notifications would have gone back to being split up like it was originally too.
Others will get a lot more from this update than me...
Brilliant. First update in a while that actually looks like a significant improvement.
First thing I did was delete all Notifications from the main screen (yay, so easy now).
Second thing I noticed was the 7 Day Free Trial of PS Now (nice)!
nice update can finaly get rid of all those old notifications
Finally I can hide all my beta/demo from library, I still want the old notification/download tab back though, I hope sony bring it back on firmware 6.
Yeah, I'm gonna wait a few hours and monitor the forums to see if anyone has any issues with this firmware update before I download it.
Maybe Sony is holding out the PSN name change feature for PS4 Firmware 6.0? I'm quite happy with my PSN name, but I hope it comes soon enough for people wanting to change their handles.
Am i missing something, or wasn't there already a seperate ps+ section?
It was nice to clean up my library.
good update just for the fact i can get rid of those notifications finally!
Anyone know if there's any bad interaction between having Supersampling Mode on at the same time as Boost Mode? If the latter boosts the game based on the extra power of the Pro, it seems like there won't be enough power left over to do Supersampling, or vice versa. It probably just reduces the fps gain from Boost Mode, but it'd be nice to get a clearer idea on a per game basis. Maybe next major update...
Just finished downloading and deleting Notifications and hiding Games, demos and betas. Did realize how many ads i had in my library of games i didn't even buy.
With boost mode enabled and super sampling in Last of Us Remastered also enabled, the fan inside my PS Pro sounds like it's going to take off. Now with system wide Super sampling available (and I'll probably enable it), I best get used to it!
Where is the option for super sampling
Nice to be given the function of deleting notifications and hiding betas from the library. May even use the wallpaper thing at some point.
@ellsworth004 Settings > Sound and Screen > Video Output Settings > Supersampling Mode.
@CD456 thanks! Just had read that in the blog, sorry. 😃
Good stuff. It's not a mind blowing update, but a lot of changes are very welcome.
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The first thing I did was delete about a million notifications.
great got rid of notifications
@Turismo4GT As it has been mentioned multiple times for each and every firmware update post, name change updates are ~NOT~ done via system updates. Those additions would have to be done on their actual servers themselves so that it covers your actual account, since it would cover multiple systems, apps, and webpage logins.
Sounds quite a good update. Just downloading. Fingers crossed it doesn't brick my PS4, lol.
@Th3solution to what? It's mostly useless stuff or stuff that is so basic and long over due, I can't even give them credit for it.
Interesting that the PS Plus section in the library only shows 23 of 28 games installed on my system.
Lamest update in recent memory. Parental controls? Being allowed to delete notifications? ANOTHER Plus tab thing? I guess supersampling is supposed to be the biggest addition? That such a small fraction of users will even use?
Yeah, lame.
@SilentS True, however the name-change form would still have to be added to the options menu via system update to give you an option to do so. It's not just going to magically appear there.
@Yowza Eh, better late than never, I guess. It’s a little more exciting than “performance stability” updates, which is what we often get. Or worse yet, when the update makes things less functional than before, like the change that lumped all the notifications together.
Got it this morning early.lords of the fallen looks great on supersampling mode.word up son
I'm more than happy to get new options to organize the dashboard. Really great news here. Will download it, first thing in the morning !
That Taylor Swift background lmao
@Splat I wish the notification for earning a trophy didn't count as a notification. If I want to keep my notification list clear, I have to delete them as I earn them, and that's so dumb. So tedious.
@ReanSchwarzer7 Fair enough... IF they allow the change to happen through any of the consoles. But if they make it online only to change, no need for an update. Either way is moot though until they add the option on their servers.
Hmm.. Since the download it doesn't show psplus prices for me for most games under psplus deals option
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