[Beta] PS5 Software Update 2.0-04.00.00 (Vertical Trophy Lists Are Back!!!)

[MaxieM0us3 2,817]

The next major update is set to be out soon. Now it’s in BETA. It brings, the big feature, support to M.2 SSD drive to expand the PS5 internal storage.
 

And, for trophy hunters, you can track up to 5 trophies in the control center, view their information and even pin-to-side them on the screen… and the return of vertical trophy lists!

 

Main Features Updated in this System Software Beta Program Version

• You can now insert an M.2 SSD to your PS5’s expansion slot and use M.2 SSD storage. Just like your PS5’s console storage, you can install PS5 and PS4 games in M2 SSD storage and play them directly from there. (Read more here.)
  • You can use PCle 4.0 M.2 SSDS with a capacity of 250 GB minimum and 4 TB maximum.
  • To safely insert or remove your M.2 SSD, make sure your PS5 is turned off and that the AC power cord is unplugged.
  • To use M.2 SSD storage, insert your M2 SSD in your PS5’s expansion slot while your PS5 is turned off. When you turn on your PS5, you’ll format your M.2 SSD so that it’s ready to use.
  • To move a PS5 or PS4 game that’s installed in console storage or USB extended storage to M2 SSD storage, go to your game library, press the options button and then select [Move Games and Apps]. Then select the game you want to move, and then select[Move].
• You can now enjoy 3D audio through your TV speakers.
  • To enable 3D audio for your TV speakers, go to [Settings] > [Sound] > [Audio Output], and then turn on [Enable 3D Audio for TV Speakers].
  • You can also measure the acoustics of your room using the microphone on your DualSense wireless controller to apply the 3D audio setting that’s optimised for your room.
• In your games home screen, we’ve updated the following:
  • If you have different platform versions of the same game installed, they’ll now appear separately on your home screen.
  • Different versions of a game are now easier to spot. Icons are displayed to indicate the specific platform, such as PS5 or PS4.
• In (Library), we’ve updated the following:
  • The [Installed] tab is now the first tab you’ll see, making it easier to find games that aren’t on your home screen, as well as offering quicker access to your media gallery.
  • Under the [Installed] tab, each game’s tile now clearly indicates its platform (such as PS5 or PS4). Also, just as in your games home screen, different platform versions of a game will now appear separately.
  • Under the [Your Collection] tab, you’ll now see that game tiles display the number of versions available to you when you’re entitled to multiple versions of a game.
  • You can now hide games much more quickly.
• In Game Base, we’ve updated the following:
  • From the Game Base control menu, you can now do the following:
    • You can now access party text chats and send messages from the Game Base control menu in the control center.
    • If you’re the owner of a party, you can now delete it. From the Game Base control menu, select the party you want to delete and then select [Delete Party] from the (more) menu. If you delete a party, it will be deleted for all members.
  • You can now see how many of your friends are online, busy or offline under the [Friends] tab.
  • You can now accept, decline or cancel multiple friend requests at the same time. To do so, under the [Friend Requests] tab, select [Received Requests] or [Sent Requests] from the (Select Multiple) menu.
• In (Trophies), we’ve updated the following:
  • You can now track up to five trophies per game in the control center using the trophy tracker.
    • To start tracking a trophy, select a trophy and then select [Start Tracking].
    • When you’re playing a game, you can easily access information about the trophies you’ve added to your trophy tracker.
    • You can also view your trophy tracker in pin-to-side mode to see information about the trophies during gameplay.
  • When viewing the trophy lists of games, the trophies will now be displayed vertically instead of horizontally. You’ll now be able to see more information for each trophy without selecting it.
• In the control center, we’ve updated the following:
  • You can now customize your control center more freely. All the controls at the bottom of the screen can be rearranged.
  • The first time you open the control center, you’ll see a quick introduction to some of its key features.
• When you enable the screen reader, you can now use the following features:
  • You can now pause the screen reader by pressing the PlayStation button and Triangle at the same time. To resume, press the PlayStation button and Triangle again.
  • You can now make the screen reader repeat anything it reads. To do so, press PlayStation button and R1 and at the same time.

Other Updated Features

• There’s a new accolade type: Leader. This is for a player who crafts the plan, strategizes, and inspires others. You can give accolades like “Leader” to players after online matches, when you want to encourage positive behavior. All of a player’s accolades, including this new type, appear on their profile.
• In (PlayStation Now), we’ve updated the following:
  • The streaming connection test lets you identify and fix problems with your connection.
  • You can now choose your maximum streaming resolution to optimize your game performance.
  • Now you’ll see directly in the game hub if and when a PlayStation Now game is scheduled to be removed, so you can make sure you try new games or play your favorites while they’re still available.
• When you’re competing in challenges for a better time or a higher score and you set new personal best, we’ll automatically take a video clip of the action for you.
  • You can share the video clip directly from the challenge card in the control center, or you can share it later from your media gallery. • To adjust this setting, go to [Settings] > [Captures and Broadcasts] > [Auto- Captures] > (Challenges).
• You see suggestions in your control center when a friend is playing a game you can join.
  • Previously, it would take about one day before these suggestions would appear for a friend you just added. They can now appear much more quickly.
  • Suggestions will also now appear even if your friend is playing a streamed PlayStation Now game.
• We’ve made the following improvements to parental controls:
  • Now when a child requests to play a game or use communication features in a specific game, their parent or guardian will receive a notification on the PS5 and PlayStation App.
  • The child will also receive a notification when their parent or guardian accepts or denies a request, or stops allowing the child to play a game or use communication features.
• In (Media Gallery), we’ve added new fonts for the text you can add to your screenshots.
• For the features available from the Create menu, we’ve updated the following:
  • When you’re manually recording a video clip, the elapsed time counter will now automatically disappear after three seconds and reappear when needed.
  • We’ve added more video lengths for you to choose from when saving recent gameplay.
  • You can now choose whether to display save confirmation notifications for screenshots. To adjust this setting, go to [Settings] > [Captures and Broadcasts] > [Shortcuts for Create Button], and then enable or disable [Display Save Confirmation for Screenshots].
• You can now select whether you’d like to receive notifications on your PS5 or via email about new products and special offers. To do so, go to [Settings] > [Users Accounts] > [Account] > [Communication Preferences].
• In (Notifications), we’ve updated the following:
  • When you receive pop-up notifications with videos in them, you can now start the videos directly from the pop-ups or from your notifications list.
  • You can now turn off the sound your notifications make. Go to [Settings] > [Notifications] and then turn off [Play Sound].
• When you log in to the PS5, and an accessory with a microphone is connected, the mute status of the microphone is now displayed.
• We’ve simplified the process of connecting, disconnecting and setting up your internet connection, making these tasks easier.
• When adjusting your 3D audio profile for headphones, you can now move the sample sound to your left or right, allowing you to select a more optimized 3D audio profile. Go to [Settings] > [Sound] > [Audio Output] and then select [Adjust 3D Audio Profile].
• We’ve improved the game audio quality of some games when 3D audio for headphones is enabled.
• If you have a PULSE 3D wireless headset, you can now access an audio EQ feature in (Sound) in the control center, with different presets to choose from.
• Now when you block someone, you can choose to also leave the party that only you and they are in at the same time. You won’t leave parties that include other players.
• You now have two separate controls for including your mic’s audio and party audio in your broadcasts. There are two more controls for doing the same with video clips.
• We’ve updated the DualSense wireless controller device software to improve stability. • You can now update your DualSense wireless controller device software from settings. To check if an update is available, go to [Settings] > [Accessories] > [Controllers] and then select [Wireless Controller Device Software].

Edited July 29, 2021 by MaxieM0us3

[DaivRules 13,139]

SSD manufacturers have been notorious over the last 5 years for continually changing the chips (and thus performance) on their SSDs without changing their model numbers. Very curious how the performance turns out as PCle 4.0 M.2 SSDs are ~$150 for 1 Tb and I suspect eventually Sony engineers will want to run speed tests on drives or I think peoples experiences are going to be all over the place.

 

Not looking forward to all the "Sony shouldn't try new things! They should have just duplicated whatever we had on PS4, but faster!" Even though people constantly also complain that nothing is ever really new.

 

Sony will eventually get this OS to a much more polished and usable form, but clearly it's going to take some time.

[HusKy 5,124]

11 minutes ago, DaivRules said:

SSD manufacturers have been notorious over the last 5 years for continually changing the chips (and thus performance) on their SSDs without changing their model numbers. Very curious how the performance turns out as PCle 4.0 M.2 SSDs are ~$150 for 1 Tb and I suspect eventually Sony engineers will want to run speed tests on drives or I think peoples experiences are going to be all over the place.

 

Not looking forward to all the "Sony shouldn't try new things! They should have just duplicated whatever we had on PS4, but faster!" Even though people constantly also complain that nothing is ever really new.

 

Sony will eventually get this OS to a much more polished and usable form, but clearly it's going to take some time.

 

They posted minimum requirements here: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5-install-m2-ssd/#min

 

While there are some really slow M2 drives out there, I don't think it's going to be such a huge issue at least for slightly tech-savvy people.

[Fr_0zt 2,139]

Vertical trophies HYPE!!! 

[Deluziion90 8,101]

In (Trophies), we’ve updated the following:

• You can now track up to five trophies per game in the control center using the trophy tracker.
  • To start tracking a trophy, select a trophy and then select [Start Tracking].
  • When you’re playing a game, you can easily access information about the trophies you’ve added to your trophy tracker.

 

This is great for the games it works on. Sometimes you had to go all the way back to the menu > trophies > game and search the trophy you're grinding on.

[DaivRules 13,139]

3 minutes ago, HusKy said:

 

They posted minimum requirements here: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5-install-m2-ssd/#min

 

While there are some really slow M2 drives out there, I don't think it's going to be such a huge issue at least for slightly tech-savvy people.

 

The problem is that tech-savvy people are/have been getting tricked by an SSD manufacturer who puts out a drive with a model number with one set of spec that makes the review rounds, and then a few months later, changes chips (and this performance) to the same model SSD so that when someone purchases a model thinking they're getting the performance of the drive in a review they read, they do not.

 

[sepheroithisgod 2,147]

Seems like a really good patch, especially for trophies. I'll probably still wait a year or two before I buy an M.2. The prices should settle down by then, plus space hasn't been much of an issue.

[Smashero 3,672]

8 minutes ago, Deluziion90 said:

In (Trophies), we’ve updated the following:

• You can now track up to five trophies per game in the control center using the trophy tracker.
  • To start tracking a trophy, select a trophy and then select [Start Tracking].
  • When you’re playing a game, you can easily access information about the trophies you’ve added to your trophy tracker.

 

This is great for the games it works on. Sometimes you had to go all the way back to the menu > trophies > game and search the trophy you're grinding on.

Too bad that such tracking is not implemented in all games  Shall be a mandatory requirement for each title :]. 

[HusKy 5,124]

25 minutes ago, DaivRules said:

 

The problem is that tech-savvy people are/have been getting tricked by an SSD manufacturer who puts out a drive with a model number with one set of spec that makes the review rounds, and then a few months later, changes chips (and this performance) to the same model SSD so that when someone purchases a model thinking they're getting the performance of the drive in a review they read, they do not.

 

 

I hope they add some sort of speed test in PS5 OS, that would be pretty nifty.

[XXIIlII 551]

Thank god

[CabDK 117]

Lots of cool stuff, and great the vertical trophy lists are back. Still no VRR implementation is however disappointing.

[Sikutai 1,511]

Vertical Trophy Lists, our dream will come true.

Edited July 29, 2021 by Sikutai

[Stan Lee 9,734]

Fantastic update. Now it just needs VRR functionality and hardware-based FPS boost for older games akin to Series X|S and it's the console of dreams

[Cryogenicide_X 430]

The one thing that isn't stated here that I read elsewhere is that you can now choose between 720p or 1080p when streaming PS Now games. 

 

How do you guys feel about Trophy list going back to vertical again? I liked it horizontal except the fact that you couldn't view all the trophy information on the trophy card unless you actually looked at the trophy individually. 

Edited July 29, 2021 by Cryogenicide_X

[MonaSaxPayne 984]

nice QoL improvements 

 

I'm especially pleased about the return of vertical trophy lists

 

should've never been horizontal in the first place 

[Cryogenicide_X 430]

Has there been any pictures or videos leaking this beta update? I'd love to see the Trophies vertically. 

[MrTrofyHunter 1,330]

PS5 System Software Beta will bring more enhancements including trophy tracking, etc.

 

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/07/29/ps5-system-software-beta-enables-ssd-storage-expansion-bay/

 

I'm sure there are more articles on the web that you can read regarding the new enhancements coming soon.

[Cryogenicide_X 430]

28 minutes ago, MrTrofyHunter said:

PS5 System Software Beta will bring more enhancements including trophy tracking, etc.

 

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/07/29/ps5-system-software-beta-enables-ssd-storage-expansion-bay/

 

I'm sure there are more articles on the web that you can read regarding the new enhancements coming soon.

Found a video here showing some of the new features, I love the new labelling of the games between PS4 and PS5. PS4 label is black and PS5 label is in white. 

 

If anyone here has this beta update could you show pictures of how the trophies are now vertical or a video maybe?  

 

 

Edited July 29, 2021 by Cryogenicide_X

[snakebit10 9,654]

Has anyone here got into the beta yet? Are they sending out codes for the beta? 

 

I am glad the trophies will be vertical. Like they should have been. Now if they would give us sorting options and allow us to see our list in alphabetical order. 

[PortaLuna 99]

39 minutes ago, snakebit10 said:

Has anyone here got into the beta yet? Are they sending out codes for the beta? 

 

I am glad the trophies will be vertical. Like they should have been. Now if they would give us sorting options and allow us to see our list in alphabetical order. 

My email arrived 2 hours ago. It was in junk mail, the subject was: Porta, join the PlayStation 5 System Software Public Beta

[Cryogenicide_X 430]

20 minutes ago, PortaLuna said:

My email arrived 2 hours ago. It was in junk mail, the subject was: Porta, join the PlayStation 5 System Software Public Beta

If its not too much to ask, could you post a picture here of what the trophies look like vertical on PS5? I'm curious to see what it's like. 

[snakebit10 9,654]

49 minutes ago, PortaLuna said:

My email arrived 2 hours ago. It was in junk mail, the subject was: Porta, join the PlayStation 5 System Software Public Beta

 

Ok. I will check my junk mail also.

[SeniorRicketts 57]

10 hours ago, HondaHoe said:

nice QoL improvements 

 

I'm especially pleased about the return of vertical trophy lists

 

should've never been horizontal in the first place 

I want that ps3 feature where you could sort trophy sets

[diskdocx 2,459]

The horizontal trophies were a poorly implemented pain in the ass to navigate. A classic case of fixing something that wasn’t broken. 
 

Now if we can just get back to the nice neat rectangular boxes for the game icons….

[MonaSaxPayne 984]

the prices I've seen for these storage expansions aren't worth it to me

 

I'd rather pay the extra and get a whole new digital PS5 with 825GB storage on that lol