We can expect to see the PlayStation 4’s 2.0 update quite near in the future. We already know that the this update will allow players to directly upload footage to Youtube, the introduction of SharePlay, and the much asked after addition of themes for the console. While those are the things Sony concentrated on for the update’s announcement that isn’t all you can expect. The company has released a list of what else 2.0 will bring the PS4.
- USB Music Player: PS4 owners will be able to play their own music in the background while playing a game using USB Music Player*. After inserting a USB stick loaded with music into the system, a new option for USB Music Player will appear. Supported filename extensions include MP3, MP4, M4A, and 3GP.
- Change colours: PS4 owners can change the background of the home screen from light blue to one of seven new colors: gold, blue, red, green, purple, pink, and grey.
- Enhancements to live broadcasting: Masamune brings a variety of improvements to live broadcasting on PS4. In the Live From PlayStation app, PS4 owners can now select a Featured channel, which includes official broadcasts from PlayStation, broadcasts from people on a players friend list, and any game channel that the player has followed. Additionally, Live From PlayStation now has filters for searching broadcasts on a specific game, as well as support for archived broadcasts.
- Friend finder: PS4 will now suggest players you may know, recommending close friends of your close friends.
- Content Area and Library: PS4′s Content Area, which shows the latest games and apps a PS4 owner has used, has been redesigned to help make it easier to quickly find and access content. It now shows 15 of a player’s most used apps or games, and additional items will be added to a player’s Library. The Library on PS4 has improved filter and sort functions to help organise contented by type (game / app / TV & video), name (a – z or z – a), recently used, or install date.
- Enhanced voice commands: The ability to control PS4 using voice has been improved. Players can now say ‘PlayStation’ to begin commands, and ‘All Commands,’ to see a list of all voice command options available. New voice commands were added for live broadcasting, including “Start broadcast,” “End broadcast,” and “Find face.”
- Add to library: The monthly free PlayStation Plus games will have an ‘Add to Library’ button in the PlayStation Store. This button will add a game to a PS4 owner’s library without downloading it – saving space on their hard drive.
- Back-up data: Data on PS4 can be backed up and resorted using USB storage. This will back up all data for the console, including settings, save data, screenshots, video clips, download data, and more.
With regards to the USB Music player Sony has noted you won’t be able to copy songs to the console. This means if you want to play your music from the PS4 that USB stick will have to remain plugged in. The Vita and PS TV will receive update 3.35 which will allow four player remote play on the PS TV, while Live From PlayStation will also come to both devices. The mobile app is also getting a 2.0 update with a refreshed layout.
Source: PS Blog
Jones81
thats actually a fairly decent list, its dissapointing it’s taken so long to add this stuff but at least it’s progress
stueeeee
I like that they’re now finally coming out with some requested features and Kudos to Microsoft for rolling out their monthly updates, Sony obviously likes to do one big update.
I do hope the ‘USB Music’ is a temporary fix until they bring in the ps3 functionality! And I want to put my own pics and videos on it!
seanobi
Music is much needed,vidoes and pictures would have been nice,library shift and folders is good news. Didn’t know about the back up data issue, good job didn’t buy that 2tb hdd last week, i’ll hold off for a while now. My only concern is, how many psn breaking bugs are hiding in the new firmware.
Pixel_nme
Pause option for downloads would be nice for people currently on super slow broadband,so it doesn’t get even slower when a load of things all download at once.
FRUITofDOOM
It is good, but it in not quite Carling.
It has been great watching both MS and Sony try to catch each other in the many different areas this generation thus far. In the end it is great for us gamers as a whole no matter which console you have. This is a big update for PS4 and brings the foundations for much needed features. Just hope they bang out more frequent updates now and perhaps take the successful sales as a sign they should probably sort the PSN stability too.
Lyts1985
They’ve since updated the blog post to say the section entitled “Back-up data” was wrong and isn’t coming to 2.0
The main thing still missing for me, that was promised at launch, was the suspend/resume feature. Otherwise it’s a decent list, a step in the right direction at least!
TSBonyman
I’m looking forward to the music from USB and the improvements to the Live app,and at least we’ll be able to change background colour – athough just seven colours seems a bit limited.
My heart sank when i read about the content area/library though, we were looking for a more manageable way to organise our content and instead they are trying to push a feature that we don’t want to use.
So, some good and some bad but i believe there are more features in 2.0 not revealed yet so we’ll see.