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PS4 Gets New Firmware Update

by Tom Regan on April 30, 2014

If you have turned on your PS4 today, you may have noticed that there is a mandatory system update, but what does it contain?

Firmware update 1.7 is the system’s first major update since February and brings with it a bunch of fairly significant changes. Check out the full list below:

-Notifications: New notification type: From PlayStation.
-System: Multi user login with a single DS4.
-System: No more log in screen when reconnecting the DS4
-System: When a game crashes you can now chose to attach a video clip in the feedback
-Settings: Option to enable sending in the crash reports automatically.
-Settings – Audio: You can now force the PS4 to output 5.1 channel audio over HDMI even if it detects 7.1 channel support.
-Settings – Video: Deep Colour Output.
-Share: Upload multiple screenshots to Facebook at the same time.
-Streaming: Comments/viewers notifications when you are in a full screen streaming.
-Streaming: You can still upload screenshots/video while broadcasting.
-Streaming: You can view comments without having to switch streaming modes