{"id":1061525,"date":"2026-07-01T09:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1061525\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:39:18","slug":"the-latest-ps5-firmware-update-is-available-now-heres-what-it-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1061525\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Here&#8217;s What It Does"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"The Latest PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Here&#039;s What It Does 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/d750c734718aa\/the-latest-ps5-firmware-update-is-available-now-heres-what-it-does-1.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-latest-ps5-firmware-update-is-available-now-heres-what-it-does-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" alt=\"The Latest PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Here's What It Does 1\"\/><\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n<p>Prep your party poppers and raise your glasses: it&#8217;s PS5 firmware update time.<\/p>\n<p>Sony has issued the latest system software for its current-gen console, taking the machine to version 26.04-13.42.00.<\/p>\n<p>As always, there&#8217;s the question of what exactly this update does, and I&#8217;m here to give you the lowdown.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the official patch notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve improved system software performance and stability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now&#8217;s the time to pop those party poppers and take a swig. Hooray!<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, it&#8217;s one of those minor stability updates again. On first inspection, I don&#8217;t see any notable changes to my PS5.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing I have noticed is the fancy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2026\/06\/ps5-adds-custom-gta-6-start-up-screen-sony-rebrands-ps-app-as-pre-orders-go-live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GTA 6 landing screen<\/a> isn&#8217;t there anymore, but that&#8217;s probably just coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still no sign of that supposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2026\/04\/heres-a-better-look-at-ps5s-redesigned-home-menu-currently-in-beta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revamp<\/a> of PS5&#8217;s GUI, at least not for everyone. Who knows when that&#8217;ll emerge.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll update the article if any hidden changes in this firmware update are discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Are you psyched to update your PS5 console? Tell us in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Prep your party poppers and raise your glasses: it&#8217;s PS5 firmware update time. Sony has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1061526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[66719,55,341,53,16,15],"class_list":["post-1061525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-firmware-updates","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116844061623608296","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1061526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}