Features That You May Have Missed From the PS4 Firmware Update

Features That You May Have Missed From the PS4 Firmware Update

After playing around with the PS4 for awhile ensuing the update that released this morning, I’ve found some things that Sony did not mention in the PlayStation Blog post describing the update. There is a collection of minute changes that one may easily miss while being awed by the biggest feature of the update, SHAREfactory.

Let’s take a look at the changes that I have found so far.

Real name Requests are more easier to manage

Instead of clicking on each individual request to either accept or deny the request, there is simply now an “Accept” prompt right next to the requester’s PSN ID.

New Voice Commands

You can now command the PS4 to go to Netflix and various other streaming servicing apps by calling out their name.

Capture Gallery

There is a now a “Capture Gallery” tab in the XMB that now houses all of your recorded game play and screenshots.

Party Notifications

You are now have the ability to be notified whenever someone jumps in or out of a party, I can see this getting old pretty fast. Thankfully it can be turned off.

Change Your Profile Picture Without Facebook

You can now change your profile picture, with the help of the PlayStation companion app for mobile devices. Any picture that is saved on your phone is available for you to use as a profile picture.

Trophies Now Can Be Sorted

The trophies that are under a title of a select game can now be sorted depending on their rarity.

New Option For DUALSHOCK 4

The light bar to the controller can now be adjusted from bright, to medium or dim.

Like Notifications

You are now notified by a message, when an individual on your friends list likes one of your activities.

More Activities Are Posted On the “What’s New” Stream

The activity stream now shows when yourself or someone on your friends list are using a video streaming app.

Changes to Streaming

There has been several changes when it comes to streaming on the PS4 — first, you can change the quality of your own stream. Second, you can sort through other’s streams by: date, number of spectators, or number of comments. Third, watching streams are now a little different; the comments from viewers now appear on the side of the screen, beneath the streamer’s portrait or video.

It seems that Sony is continually tweaking the PS4’s interface to give their consumers a more enjoyable experience.

That is all that I have found so far, but I’m sure that there are some things that I have missed. Therefore, check back regularly for updates on more minor changes found within the latest firmware update.