PS4 System Update 3.50 Features Detailed
Our beta program for PS4’s next major system software update, codenamed Musashi (or 3.50 if you prefer numbers), kicks off on 2nd March. If you signed up for the beta and were selected, keep an eye on your email for instructions on downloading.
Regardless of whether you’re in the beta, we wanted to detail some of the key features we’re adding to PS4 in this update. We’re making it easier to connect and play together with friends and the wider community, as well as introducing some much requested features.
- Friend Online Notification – Want to know the moment your friends come online? With this update, you can, as we’ve added an option to be notified when members of your friends list sign in on the network. Notifications can be tailored to certain friends.
- Appear Offline – Sometimes you want to play a game or watch a movie without being interrupted. Now it’s easier to go incognito as we’ve added the option to appear offline. You can designate if you would like to appear offline when you log-in or at any time from your Profile or the Quick Menu.
- User Scheduled Event – Now it’s easier to organise a game session. We’ve added the ability to schedule a future gameplay session with your friends on the system. When your event starts, users who registered for the event will automatically be added to a party so you can start playing right away.
- Remote Play (PC/Mac) – We’re bringing PS4 Remote Play to Windows PC and Mac. This feature won’t be available to test in the beta, but you can look forward to it soon.
- Dailymotion, new service partner in Share feature – Dailymotion, an additional live streaming service, will become available for PS4 users to enhance their broadcast experience. Like other live streaming services available on PS4, users will enjoy the following features: Activity Feed, What’s New Broadcast Info Tile, Live Detail and Live from PlayStation.
If you’re in the beta, please download the software and let us know what you think. Stay tuned for more details on 3.50, including its release date
LewkOne's Take
These are mostly features that the PS4 community have been requesting for some time now. It would be great to be able to put yourself into away mode when you're watching Netflix (or taking a sickie from work and smashing out Fallout 4). I am especially interested in the User Scheduled Events. That looks like a neat tool to use for when you say "Rainbow 6 Siege tonight at 9pm. Be there!".
These are mostly features that the PS4 community have been requesting for some time now. It would be great to be able to put yourself into away mode when you're watching Netflix (or taking a sickie from work and smashing out Fallout 4). I am especially interested in the User Scheduled Events. That looks like a neat tool to use for when you say "Rainbow 6 Siege tonight at 9pm. Be there!".
I am very happy for these features to be coming. I even think I will get some use out of the remote play for PC. PS4 is heading in the right direction with these features.
Lucas Aurelius