PS5 Update Brings Dolby Atmos Compatibility, 8 TB SSD Support, and More

After spending a month and a half in beta, the PS5’s newest firmware update has now rolled out globally to all users.

At the end of July, Sony rolled out a new firmware update for the PlayStation 5 in beta that brought a number of new features to the console, support for larger-capacity M.2 SSDs (up to 8 GB), support for Dolby Atmos, and several new accessibility, social, and quality-of-life features.

That firmware update has now gone live for all PS5 users around the world. All the features that were included in the updateā€™s beta version are now available to every user. Highlights among these are now being able to use a second controller as an assist controller, having haptic feedback enabled for the system UI, an update to the Party UI, being able to join friendsā€™ game sessions more easily, being able to preview a screen share, and more.

Meanwhile, Sony has also added new features that werenā€™t present in the updateā€™s beta version, including new voice command options and support for PlayStation Remote Play on devices running Android TV OS 12.

Additionally, Sony has also confirmed that later this month, itā€™ll also be pushing an update for the PlayStation app on iOS and Android devices, following which users will be able to react to messages via emojis, and view previews of a friendā€™s screen share before joining their party, just as you can on a PS5.

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