Includes changes to Party and Messages features, new avatars, updated parental controls and more.
UPDATE: Following this update, users are seeing a notification about Party Safety and that voice chats in parties may be recorded. Voice chat recording for moderation is a feature that will be available on PS5 when it launches, and will enable users to record their voice chats on PS5 and submit them for moderation review. The pop up you’re seeing on PS4 right now is to let you know that when you participate in a chat with a PS5 user (post-launch), they may submit those recordings from their PS5 console to SIE.
Our latest system software update for PlayStation 4, version 8.00, is launching today globally. This update includes changes to the existing Party and Messages features, new avatars, updated parental controls and more.
Here are some of the key features in this update:
Updates to Party and Messages
Following this update, Party and Messages will be more tightly linked together and you will see changes to the UI. Both apps will now use the same ‘Groups’ of players for Party voice chats and message exchanges, instead of having different groups setup across the two apps. So now you can start a Party chat or send a message to the group you’ve previously chatted with across PS4, as well as PS5 when it launches.
New Avatars
We’re expanding the collection of pre-set avatars for players to showcase on their Profile. An array of new avatars from your favorite games will be available, including Bloodborne, Journey, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, The Last of Us Part II, The Last of Us Remastered, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and many more.
Mute all Mics from Quick Menu
We’ve added an option to “Mute all Microphones” in the Quick Menu, so you can easily mute your mics while gaming.
Simplified and more flexible Parental Controls
Under Parental Controls, we’re combining the ‘Communicating with Other Players’ and ‘Viewing Content Created by other Players’ into one setting – ‘Communication and User Generated Content’- to cover both areas of communication and UGC sharing. This offers a simpler setting that’s easier for parents to understand and apply to their children.
In addition, children can send a request to their parents to use communications features in specific games. When a child sends this request, the parent will receive an email notification and can choose to make an exception for that game and allow the child to use its communications and UGC features. This will provide more flexibility to both parents and children.
Enhanced 2-Step Verification
The 2-Step Verification (2SV) feature on PS4 will be enhanced to support third party authenticator apps as an option during the activation flow and 2SV sign-in across PS4, mobile and web.
Removal of Event Creation and Private Community Creation
After 8.00, you will no longer be able to create Events or access existing Events created by other users.
We’re also removing the ability to create private Communities under the Community app on PS4. If you already have existing private Communities, you can continue to access them.
Updates to Remote Play App on Mobile and PC
At the same time as 8.00, the existing PS4 Remote Play app on mobile (iOS/Android), Windows PC and Mac, will change its name to PS Remote Play, and the option to connect to PS5 will be added. You’ll need to sign in to PSN from your PS5 to be able to access the feature, so sit tight until PS5 launches this November!
As a reminder, a PS4 system with a wired connection via a LAN cable is recommended to download the update.
NEW UPDATE IS DEVASTATING
TOO MUCH LAG
AND CANNOT EVEN PLAY WARZONE
error WS-44369-6 so i did a safemode reinstall, now the friends list just errors out with a WS-37505-0, my net connection is pristine. Worst update ive had in years, Could you people atleast acknowledge you know its an issue? The radio silence is why a lot of people go to xbox. ><
Same
Mine won’t hardly load anything since I updated and when it does it is very very slow. Tried rebuilding the database several times. Wont even hardly open up a game.
Ever since I downloaded this update my PlayStation has been very laggy, glitchy, and slow. The same for my friends as well. Personally I’m not very fond of this update unfortunately. :)
The only problem I have is this new party chat. I never had problems until now I use party chat more than messages and now they are linked together? I think this is not good and it will backfire.
F you! I just change the HD today, but where is System 8.00? I can’t restore it!
Straight up ruined party chat. It’s unusable at this point.
So i just logged in and it said i don’t have friends i check my Wi-Fi and idk what happened can you guys help?
Why? Could we have a fix asap I legit cant do anything
Am I the only one with a broken playstation because of this update?
Since update 8 I’m having issues with my friends list not loading. Fix this broke update.
Disappointed in this update! This attempt at “integration” is sloppy and slows online social functions. I was more than happy with the party system as it was. I now cannot start or join a “voice chat” nor can my friends, as the system simply takes forever or menus like the friends list don’t load. Please fix this immediately, as it hampers online play.
8.00 update for chat is the worse update playstation ever did
Also, the fact that people are now listening in on our chats and/or recording them is ridiculous. Most of us are grown adults over the age of 18 and whatever we say in chat to our FRIENDS should be our own business. What you’re going to make grown adults do is switch to a different gaming system. Playstation seems very “big brother-ish” to me now.
@Playstation:
You need to bring out an update that actually works I can’t view my friends list can’t join parties it’s boring bring a new update out that actually works instead of one that’s broken how long is this gonna take because it stops streamers playing with there friends to make content it’s all over YouTube about don’t do this update it’s broken and everyone wants to get rid of there Ps4
Why was this update so buggy? I couldn’t read my friends list, I can’t see any parties in that particular screen. Was it too much for the older consoles?
This is why I opted out of u installing updates automatically! Half of em more broke than the stuff u trying to fix smdh!
How can I do a rollback to get rid off this bugged 8.00 system software?
Give us a rollback download for the previous system software, quick.
At this rate I don’t think many people will get Ps5
Why why why ….@Playstation this is a giant mess up. The party was just fine now its the worst-case it can ever be.
Change it back don’t fix what is not broke😡🤢
They want to us buy the new PS5 but yet they destroy the PS4 they’re just going to do the same thing on the PS5 lazy company.
Such a Lazy company
This new update broke my console! I cannot access my friends list it’s an endless loading screen even if I go to friends list on the home screen it’ll load maybe 20% of the time and still not let me do things I normally use it for like inviting my friends to a party.
It made my internet super slow what goin on I can’t play anything
This update screwed up the psn literally can’t do anything with anyone cant start a party can’t get people to join games. Yall need to fix what ever yall broke.. this is why you don’t try and fix things that aren’t broken Smh
The friend list cannot be loaded after update. Everything loading from psn becomes very slow.
That’s the very poor update v8.0. So sad!!!
My party making doesn’t work any more my PlayStation is being really Laggy so could you bring back the old settings
Please allow us to make private parties again I really don’t want to have random people join and for communities we can’t make community parties anymore?
Be cool if the servers weren’t down were I live.
Making a party is now the slowest thing ever and most the time it doesnt even load. Its so bad, sorry to say that
can’t see my friend list and can’t crated party they broken everything
This is probably the worst software update don’t has done, just put it back to how it was
cool update but why js my ps4 so slow when i try to join partys and look at my friends before it didnt take that long
This is seriously broken. No friends are popping up on my PlayStation, I can’t even invite no one. It’s completely broken. Fix it now
There has been varieties of glitches that have been very annoying and stopped me from playing online. For example, my friends list isn’t loading and being really glitchy. I also hate the new party system
This update is the most useless thing for party chat
This update has my system slower than a snail. **** broke my PS4.
I’ve had nothing but problems since the update….I’m unable to play any online games.
Never in my life I wanted to go to xbox until now this new update doesn’t work at all for the players who like talking to new people and Exploring new games. Hope Sony fixes as soon as possible
If there is one thing i want you guys to add is a way to un add friends quick like with the group chats being able to leave group chats quickly
Sorry to say it but the new party feature is trash the party feature was already good as it was. Also my friends won’t load and it keeps taking me off of ps4 servers honestly trashy update
The few features of PS4 and PS5 compatibility and muting all microphones is fine, but honestly the party update is slow and not very nice to use. If I could send in an oppinon, I would ask if you could make it to where if you want the party private you can do the group thing, but if they want to have a public party keep it how it was before.
And I dont like how you guys are now recording our voiced, that seems really sketchy and uncomfortable for everyone.
This is the worst update of all time I feel like am going to throw my ps4 off the window
Please put back parties to how they were pleaseee
Friends list is broken now.
This update is trash fix it asap please 😒
You guys better seriously fix the new party update why are you recording and limiting the amount of people we can have in a party. If y’all don’t fix this soon I’m switching to Xbox.
Is it only me but seems hard to see my friends on the list now, and with this update it messed up making a party altogether. More like a downgrade than a system upgrade on my current “twin turbo jet” ps4 pro. I wonder if the next gen ps5 would be any louder.
My friends list won’t show anyone online and I can’t play online games and my load time is twice as slow as it used to be.😡😡
This update is terrible just undo it bring the old party software back