PS4 system software update 8.00 launching today

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PS4 system software update 8.00 launching today

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.

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  • So when are we getting an option to select multiple friends to remove from the friends list?!?!? This feature is very important to the community. To go through one by one and have to go through multiple screens just to remove 1 person is such a hassle even using the app it takes forever and then if you do it to fast it prevents you from deleting any more people for awhile

  • Sony should revert this trash update that has more bugs than gta, which person from the testing team agreed to this? The thing that doesn’t let u communicate with other friends via party, like you might have a gf/bf who lives in a different country and the only way you can communicate is via ps but you cant do that anymore if you want to be in a party with her/him and some friends.
    Seriously no ps gamer likes this update

  • This update cannot be serious no one wanted this if your gonna listen in on parties at least don’t ruin the party

  • How to ruin ps4 101

  • Nothing functions like it should. Bad update if u ask me.

  • Hate the new party/message amalgamation. I don’t want to have a thousand different groups for the various combinations of friends I may or may not want to be in a party with nor do I want to just have one group with everyone in it. Don’t fix what isn’t broke.

  • First of all we need these to playstation fr 💯 we need to send game clips to friends, add a shortcut to youtube and Netflix to a folder that would be nice and over all that’s it that’s all I need o don’t care if it’s not a entertainment make it as a shortcut or I’m going to xbone. Again

  • Someone actually testing this update? I mean before it goes live…

  • Couldn’t care less about social features and that’s all these software updates ever seem to address…

  • Sign in and out of ur ps4 account twice and then sign in and then u should see your ps4 friends

  • Anyone having issues with not being able to see their friends list or is that just me ?

  • Who else is buying Xbox this year

  • I wish we could remive or hide our real name from the dashboard. When we stream through capture devices, it appears clear as day. I don’t even get why that’s there in the first place. I know who I am

  • Signing in & out, resetting my router did absolutely nothing btw before sometimes replies with that. I have download speeds over 150 & uploads over 10 so it’s definitely PlayStation being slow atm, I’ll give it time atleast for this issue as it might be just everyone as a while updating making this feel slow atm but it This stays, I’m gonna be annoyed

  • This update is a disappointment. The party system appears to now be more complex but with fewer options. It’s nonsensical. I’m hoping new info will change my mind.

  • Only question I have with the updates my DVDs have stopped working in my console for some odd reason has this update fixed that issue?

  • After the update my friend’s list is gone and unable to party chat. Can’t play with friend’s???

  • Can someone tell me why I can’t choose “play together” anymore in the party?? Now we can’t figure out how to invite people into our friends server on GTA.

  • That’s all nice whatever..but what we really want is the ability to delete our messages..not exit the group or the chat and once we send them a message again it pops up. NO! We paying yall money for games the whole Sony playstation consoles and yall deleted the option to delete our messages. That’s dumb

    • I really would like to see that option to delete your messages. Even after all these years its still not there. But they can mess up parties and stuff like that, thats really bad and pathetic sony

  • Can not see any partyt? Can not join any partyts. Can not see my friendlist. When can we get fix on this?

  • Je to na udělaný takhle správně nebo je to Bug?

  • Alright I already don’t like the new party thing. The fact I ‘must’ make a group then I can make a party, it takes longer and is more steps, I like to have a party made and my friends just join it when ever, this needs to be changed back.

  • Please add party chat to the mobile app like Xbox has

  • So this is the worst update ps4 has ever had.

    No one likes the party changes.
    No one wants to need to make a new party to invite someone else.
    No one wants to go to messages to make a party.
    And no one likes sony spying on their voice chat.

    Recommendation. Change it back. Messing up something that isn’t broken is the last thing you want to do before a new console.

  • One thing that should be added to the next update, the network should make it where you have to approve another player to add you to a party, some players are trolling bullys and will keep added people so they get spammed, i was on off them and got mad and said something bad and got suspended for 7 days, all that I pay for to watch I could not watch through my ps4 like prime or Disney +, this would fix a lot of poeples issue with being spammed.

  • I honestly kind of dont like the new party change it was fine before i used to make a party because my headset doesnt have built in mute button so no one could hear me but now i have to have invite others just to do that its really unnecessary to add changes when it perfectly fine and now i cant put it on private it was a bad change please change it back

  • Sounds terrible, and now I’m forced to install that mess!? Oh, boy.

  • Nice job guys qol updates for the future are always great

  • Terrible update

  • Why is my playstation the speed of cancer after this update. Also, there seems to be a little problem. Why is my overwatch giving issues now?

  • Y’all did not have to fix something that’s not broken the party system was great and with the update the friends list and personal friends list Is broken I’m dead considering buying and usb stick to down grade to 7.55

  • Since update I can’t see my friends list or join coop, keep getting disconnected

  • PlayStation network needs to provide better free games insted of ones that i alredy purchased.

  • Sony make the party chats back to normal like they were there was nothing wrong with it everyone and I literally mean everyone hates the new party features

  • Bad update

  • Update sounds great but I think something broke in the process.
    Friends list and parties will not work.

  • Start a chant saying “worst update ever change it back”

  • You may not monitor my party chat nor do you have any business getting involved with the communities not your place stick to selling consoles

  • Ok im sorry to say but being unable to create private communities and all these privacy changes with communities and just parties in general except for the mute thing is 1) opening so much bs for toxicity 2) A MASSIVE PRIVACY VIOLATION and 3) complete crap. the futur integration with ps5 is nice but these changes are no bueno.
    PS- Dont download the update, you wont be able to make parties or see your friends list amongst other many issues

  • i hope it goes back to the way it was i talk to my gf on this mainly cause i don’t have a phone and i don’t wanna get banned if we get into the wrong topic and i don’t want some random joining my party while were talking

  • Your new party system is absolutely idiotic and limiting. Can’t just start a party. Can’t name my party. It’s pure garbage. Stop updating things that work fine and start fixing the stuff that doesn’t like being able to mass delete older friends on my list.

  • My Controller Now doesn’t want to connect and i have the charger that came with my ps4 in my controller

  • My ps4 is running so slow now from this update. I can’t even send out invites in my nhl21 game or party invites it takes about 3-4 minutes for it to load. Just ridiculous, could you fix this please

  • To be blunt, as someone else said the new party is objectively worse, slower, And the system has much lower performance than party systems before it for that matter. Also there’s not listed reason for removing communities but I’d assume it’s because of the computation power of the ps5 itself, there’s hundred of thousands of players in community’s that keep games alive and fun. This whole update is Really disappointing honestly.

  • Is the 8.00 update free?

  • Hello i installed the newest update but now is my psn not working i have reinstalled it and still not working can anyone help me

  • Yet 2SV is still limited to SMS on Sony’s account management.

    What’s the point of this useless update?

  • Still does not work right. Worked 1 out 5 times. Fix it fast!

  • Party chat is ridiculous now. It’s terrible. Makes me not want to buy ps5. Might go back to Xbox.thisnis terrible

  • Ok so this update is making it to where my friends list will not load nor parties it’s not my WiFi though. The reason Ik this is because last night my ps4 was just fine then BOOM won’t load

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