{"id":726159,"date":"2026-01-28T10:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/726159\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:40:11","slug":"new-ps5-firmware-update-is-available-now-here-are-all-the-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/726159\/","title":{"rendered":"New PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"New PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/71bebe33418f7\/new-ps5-firmware-update-is-available-now-here-are-all-the-patch-notes-1.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/new-ps5-firmware-update-is-available-now-here-are-all-the-patch-notes-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" alt=\"New PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes 1\"\/><\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an exciting day, as Sony has released a new firmware update for PS5, taking the system software to version 26.01-12.60.00.<\/p>\n<p>Does this one actually do anything substantial, or is it another featureless stability update? Well, while there aren&#8217;t any major new features to shout about, the update does have a couple of things worth pointing out.<\/p>\n<p>Probably the most notable addition is read receipts. With this update, you can now turn on read receipts, which will inform your friends when you&#8217;ve seen their messages. You can keep them off, if you prefer, of course.<\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t be available to everyone immediately; Sony is rolling this out gradually, so if you don&#8217;t see it straight away, don&#8217;t worry.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the firmware update makes a small quality of life change to a widget in the Welcome Hub. You&#8217;ll be able to jump from the Friends Activity widget straight to the games your friends are playing, which makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/support\/hardware\/ps5\/system-software-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patch notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can now jump directly from the Friends Activity widget in your Welcome Hub to the games your friends are playing.<\/li>\n<li>You can now turn on read receipts to show other players when you&#8217;ve read their messages.\n<ul>\n<li>To turn on your read receipts, go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Users and Accounts<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Privacy<\/strong> &gt; <strong>View and Customise Your Privacy Settings<\/strong>. Under <strong>Communication and multiplayer<\/strong>, set <strong>Show read receipts to other players on PS5 and PlayStation App<\/strong> to <strong>Allow<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This feature will be rolled out gradually, and some users will be able to use it when the system software update is released.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\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>The update is about 1.3 GB, and is available to download and install now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square It&#8217;s an exciting day, as Sony has released a new firmware update for PS5, taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[66719,55,341,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-726159","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\/115972304167393398","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726159","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=726159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}