{"id":609337,"date":"2025-12-03T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/609337\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:31:45","slug":"new-ps5-firmware-update-available-from-today-heres-what-it-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/609337\/","title":{"rendered":"New PS5 Firmware Update Available from Today, Here&#8217;s What It Does"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"New PS5 Firmware Update Available from Today, Here&#039;s What It Does 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/ad920e7840c7f\/new-ps5-firmware-update-available-from-today-heres-what-it-does-1.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/new-ps5-firmware-update-available-from-today-heres-what-it-does-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"New PS5 Firmware Update Available from Today, Here's What It Does 1\"\/><\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n<p>Sony is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AskPlayStation\/status\/1996115099413578149\">in the process of launching<\/a> a new PS5 firmware update globally, although you may not have access to it yet.<\/p>\n<p>The platform holder says that version 25.08-12.40.00 will deploy in a \u201cphased release\u201d, so it may take a little time to appear in your region.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, you\u2019re not missing out on a massive amount, as this is one of the manufacturer\u2019s famous \u201cstability\u201d updates.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p>Starting today, PS5 system software will be updated to version 25.08-12.40.00 in a phased release\u2728<\/p>\n<p>For information about the latest system software features or if you would like to update manually, please check our guide.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1PS5 system software update<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ANUhbrulMa\">https:\/\/t.co\/ANUhbrulMa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ijPbOOVosR\">pic.twitter.com\/ijPbOOVosR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AskPlayStation\/status\/1996115099413578149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are the patch notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve improved the messages and usability on some screens.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve improved system software performance and stability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As we don\u2019t have access to the update yet, we\u2019re not sure on the file size, but we\u2019ll update as and when we know more.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a good idea to keep your console in Rest Mode so you can download and install the new firmware while you\u2019re not playing, thus minimising disruption.<\/p>\n<p>Have you been prompted to install the new update yet? Is there anything in particular you\u2019d like Sony to add to the console? Let us know below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sammy Barker\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Sony is in the process of launching a new PS5 firmware update globally, although you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[66719,55,341,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-609337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-firmware-updates","9":"tag-ps5","10":"tag-sony","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115655179901681837","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609337","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=609337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}