Summary

SomePlayStation 5users have noticed a helpful new feature that seems to have been added to the console in secret. Sony releases updates for itsPlayStation 5consoles on a regular basis. Oftentimes these updates are accompanied by patch notes, but the patch notes themselves aren’t always super-detailed and many tend to be vague.

ManyPS5 update patch notesstate that the update simply improves the console’s performance and stability without providing users with any additional details. Other, more substantial PS5 updates clue fans in on exactly everything that’s changed. Typically, Sony points out when it’s added new features to its PS5 consoles, but it has neglected to do so with the latest new feture that’s been added to the device.

As pointed out by Reddit user JTStarkiller, PS5 users can now check for updates for their installed games through the library menu. This feature may seem like a given, but it has been oddly missing from the PlayStation 5 since the console’s launch in 2020. Based on the comments on the Reddit post, it doesn’t appear as thougheveryone with a PS5has access to this feature just yet. It seems that it’s gradually been rolled out to the masses, so some fans may have to wait a bit before they can take advantage of this helpful new feature.

Prior to this new feature, PS5 gamers would be surprised with updates when trying to open their games. They would then have to wait around for the update to finish downloading and installing before being able to play. This way, gamers can check if theirPS5 gamesneed an update in advance and can prepare accordingly. It seems like a small change on paper, but it is definitely a helpful feature that many PS5 gamers will be happy to see added to their console of choice.

The ability to check for updates on a PS5 has been a long time coming, but there is one other major feature that PlayStation gamers have been asking for since launch. Sony still has yet toadd dynamic themes to the PS5, despite the feature’s popularity on PS4. Plans to bring dynamic themes to PS5 have not actually been announced at the time of this writing, so time will tell if they will ever make their way to Sony’s newest console, but fans can expect more PS5 updates to come at a regular pace regardless.

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