PS5 Beta Firmware / System Software Adds 1440p Support and Gamelists

For those in the PS5 Scene that signed up to be PlayStation 5 Beta Testers, Sony recently made available PS5 Beta Firmware / System Software 22.01-05.50.00.08-00.00.00.0.1 since the previous revision and current PS5 OFW 22.01-05.50.00.08-00.00.00.0.0 adding 1440p support, gamelists and more as outlined below.

As always, PS5 Beta testers are advised NOT to update if they wish to use PS5 Game Backups and PlayStation 5 homebrew apps, emulators, etc whenever a public PS5 Jailbreak Exploit (PS5Jailbreak Status) arrives in the PS5Scene.

Here are the new PlayStation 5 Beta features, to quote from Sony's Platform Experience SVP Hideaki Nishino:

Since PS5 launched, we’ve been listening to your feedback and working every day to bring you more community-requested features. Today, we are rolling out a new PS5 system software beta that includes 1440p support, gamelists, and additional updates to enhance your gaming experiences and make connecting with friends easier on PS5.

While beta access is limited to invited participants in select countries (U.S., Canada, Japan, U.K., Germany and France), our goal is to bring these updates to our global community later this year. If you’re selected to participate in the beta, you’ll receive an email invitation when it’s available to download today. As always, some features available during the beta phase may not make it into the final version or may see significant changes.

Here’s a look at some of the new features:

New Gameplay and Personalization Options

• 1440p HDMI Video Output
  • The PS5 beta introduces support for 1440p HDMI video output, enabling players to choose an additional visual setting on compatible PC monitors and TVs (1440p compatible TV or PC monitor required. Results may vary depending on the game being played. Please note: VRR on PS5 supports 1080p and 4K video output but not 1440p).
  • If the game you’re playing supports 1440p rendering you can experience native 1440p output on your display.
  • Or, if you’re playing a game with a higher native resolution like 4K, then you may benefit from improved anti-aliasing through supersampling down to 1440p output.
  • You can check if your HDMI device is compatible by selecting “Test 1440p Output” under “Screen and Video” options within system settings.

• Gamelists
  • In your Game Library you can now create gamelists, which make organizing your games even easier.
  • To start, go to the [Your Collection] tab and select [Create Gamelist]. Choose games to add to your gamelist, then decide what to name it.
  • You can have up to 15 gamelists and 100 games per gamelist. All games under the “Your Collection” tab of your Game Library can be added to a gamelist, including disc, digital and streaming titles (Streaming only available in select countries/regions with PlayStation Plus Premium. For details see here). You can also add the same game to multiple gamelists.

• Compare 3D Audio and Stereo Audio
  • You can now listen to and compare the difference between 3D and stereo audio on the same screen, and then choose your preferred setting.

• Easier Access to In-progress Activities
  • When resuming a game, in-progress activities are often shown prominently at the top of the game hub to make it as easy and as fast as possible to get back to where you left off.

New Social Features

• Request Share Screen
  • You can now request party members to start Share Screen to watch their gameplay. Go to the voice chat card, select the party member you want to send the request to, and then select [Request Share Screen].

• Joinable Game Notification
  • When you join a party and a party member is playing a game you can join, you’ll now receive a notification. You can join the game directly from the notification.

• View New Friends’ Profiles
  • When you accept a friend request in the [Received] list, you can now view your new friend’s profile in [Accepted Requests].
• Send Stickers and Voice Messages in Game Base
  • In the Game Base card, you can now send stickers and voice messages to your groups.

We’re always grateful to our beta community for helping us take new console features for a spin. Thanks to all our players for your support and feedback!

 

[Salvation09]

Just let us download more than one thing at a time on our PS5 and let us display ALL of your purchased games on the XMB just like on the 4

 

[icebed]

When will they bring back Communities. Thats what we need that xbox has.

 

[TopherG55]

Buzzing for this !!!!!

 

[oll100]

is there any way to download this fw and install it from usb stick? I want this 1440p support

 

[PSXHAX]

Those in Sony's PS5 Beta Program may be able to download and install it via USB drive similar to the PS5: manually update system software instructions... but like PS4 Betas, those not registered in the program won't be able to install it at all as a valid license is required.