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PlayStation 4\u2019s next major system software is beginning to roll out to beta testers. PS4 System Software Update 7.00 is a major patch, adding in the fairly nifty new feature of being able to perform system updates without having to restart the console.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s fairly dry as far as patch notes go but, as someone who\u2019s sat around far too long waiting for my PS4 to update and reboot like a turgid snail, it comes as a welcome change. In order to enable the feature, once this update is live, you\u2019ll need to turn automatic system software updates in Settings > System > Auto Downloads.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Social butterflies will also be pleased with a new PS4 Party update which ups the number of players in any given party from eight to 16 players. I can only imagine the cacophony of noise from 16 people squawking away but the option\u2019s there now if you want it.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s one other change as well which isn\u2019t included in the patch notes. Players with an HDR (High Dynamic Range) display will now find themselves with a new system tool which allows for the tuning of HDR brightness and darkness on a system level. Many PS4 Pro compatible titles offer the feature on a per-game basis, but this is the first we\u2019ve been able to input a global setting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/ins><\/p>\n The benefits of this trickle to other aspects such as video apps though. The Netflix app doesn\u2019t offer any way for users to finetune HDR settings, so this can now be set on a system level and it will apply to Netflix. Everyone\u2019s HDR TVs will require dramatically different settings depending on bright,m black levels, colour ranges, etc, so this should be a big help.<\/p>\n One quick word of warning if you happen to be sent an invite: \u201cIf you participate in this Beta trial, you won\u2019t be able to join the same Party or use Share Play with others who aren\u2019t also participating in the trial. Once you\u2019ve opted in to the trial, Parties that you\u2019re able to join will have an asterisk (*) in front of the Party name.\u201d <\/em>Anyone who does get an invite, the code can be redeemed up to 20 times though so you can share it with buddies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Comments PlayStation 4\u2019s next major system software is beginning to roll out to beta testers….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[363,366,364,365,367],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-news","tag-brings","tag-firmware","tag-hdr","tag-tuning","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}