PS4 4.00 Update Is Out Tomorrow, Bringing HDR to Everyone & More

PS4 4.00 Update Is Out Tomorrow, Bringing HDR to Anybody & More than

Sony just announced that PS4 four.00 update is coming out tomorrow, at long last. This is the highly anticipated HDR update, but there'due south a lot more starting with a refreshed User Interface (including the Quick Bill of fare) and with the added ability to create custom folders from the library. Here'southward the total information alongside a video overview.

Refreshed UI

Throughout the update, the overall expect and experience of PS4's main user interface has been improved. We've added new organization backgrounds, updated arrangement icons and revised popular upward notifications and drop down menus to make these clearer. All of these features come together to offer a more refined and accessible feel.

Quick Menu

The Quick Menu has been redesigned to at present cover only a portion of the screen which means you never have to leave your game – and yous can customize it to admission your most used features.

We've added a range of shortcuts to the about unremarkably used settings, assuasive yous to do things like invite friends to a party, or check out which of your friends are currently online and run across what games they're playing – all without leaving your current play session. One new addition to the Quick Menu that wasn't featured in the beta program is an enhanced Music section to allow you to observe, play, and command Spotify or the USB Music Player without needing to open the Spotify app so you lot'll now be able to play, pause, skip, shuffle, repeat and save songs whilst still in the game.

We've made the Quick Menu smarter, and so that information technology offers you options most relevant to what you're currently doing. If you're broadcasting your game online, for example, it'll automatically place the options you're about likely to need – adjusting sound levels or checking comments – on the Quick Menu for you. Information technology'll accommodate the options appropriately in other scenarios too, such every bit regular gameplay or when using Share Play.

Folders and Library

You can now hands keep tabs on your ever-expanding games and apps collection with custom folders. These tin exist added to both the main home-screen and your library and will store every bit many games and apps equally yous wish. You're gratuitous to edit, sort or remove them at any time.

To create a binder from your home screen hit 'Options' on a selected game or app and select "Add to new folder". You can then proper name your folders whatever you similar and fill them up with games and apps from your home screen or Library, and go dorsum in at a subsequently date to rename the binder and add more content to information technology.

To create a folder from your Library, navigate to the Folders icon and choose "Create New". As above, you can rename the folder, then choose "Select" to add together any games and apps to information technology.

It'southward now easier to find the content you want in your Library with the new Search function via text input. You can also sort content by purchase date or install status, while the 'All' tab will show y'all the content you have currently installed. The 'Purchased Content' tab will show you all your downloaded and deleted content, including betas and demos.

What'south New

What's New has been redesigned and now includes more data about what your friends have been doing on PS4. The left column includes the new Activity Feed, which has larger images and easily accessible options to similar, comment or reshare. The right column includes sections for Now Playing, Trending, Players Y'all May Know and Who to Follow. Information technology's now easier to collaborate, similar and annotate.

Content Info Screen

Nosotros've given a like redesign to the Content Info Screen, which yous can access by pressing down on a game tile while on the home screen. You'll be able to easily select from a variety of options to view a game's Overview, Trending media, Friends and Communities, Activities and related PlayStation Store content.

Profile

Yours and your friends' profiles have been revised and updated to provide more than relevant data and comparisons about the games you've been playing, the trophies you've earned and the communities you're active in. You lot can besides personalize your contour with a cover image.

Communities

You can now find and interact even more like-minded players in Communities as each community size limit has been increased to 100,000 and y'all now have the ability to answer to Community wall comments. You can also share your best screenshots directly to a Community wall via the Share card.

Data Transfer to new PS4

In order to make it easier to get all of your data from one PS4 to another, particularly useful if you lot've upgraded your arrangement to PS4 Pro, nosotros've added the ability to transfer data over a wired LAN connectedness. You can transfer games, user info, and saved data. Of course, you tin can re-download content and transfer saves through the cloud, but the LAN transfer should exist much faster and easier.

High Dynamic Range

We're really excited that 4.00 will allow all PS4 consoles, including the new slimmer PS4 and PlayStation®4 Pro to support High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging technology. HDR enables the reproduction of effulgence and darkness while realizing a much wider range of colours. Users who own an HDR-uniform TV will be able to enjoy supported games and other entertainment content with visuals that are more realistic, strikingly bright and truer to the manner the human being middle sees the existent earth.

That's not all…

These are the master features of the 4.00 update, just we've fabricated several other tweaks and improvements that you lot'll observe. Sharing videos to Twitter gives you up to 140 seconds of playback time. In the PlayStation Plus hub, at that place's at present a percentage meter to prove how much online storage you've used. We've enhanced the messaging app then you lot tin communicate with PSN friends in new ways, and you can now check your trophies and compare your collection whilst offline. In improver, nosotros've as well updated the Rare trophy icon so you can show off your achievements more clearly. It all adds upwardly to lots more ways to stay connected to your friends and your gaming worlds.