The beta for PlayStation 4’s next update kicks off tomorrow, and if you signed up and are selected you should receive an email soon with details on how to download.
Sony has also detailed what will be in update 3.50 (codenamed MUSASHI) and it appears that a lot of the focus will be on social aspects and making it easier to play together. A feature that won’t be available in the beta but should definitely garner much attention is Sony bringing PS4 Remote Play to Windows PC and Mac.
Here are a few of the new features that will be in the update with more to be detailed at a later date:
New Social Features
- Friend Online Notification – Want to know the moment your friends come online? With this update, you can, as we’ve added an option to be notified when members of your friends list sign on the network.
- Appear Offline – Sometimes you want to play a game or watch a movie without being bothered by friends. Now it’s easier to go incognito as we’ve added the option to appear offline. You can designate if you would like to appear offline when you log-in or at any time from your Profile or the Quick Menu.
- User Scheduled Event – Time for a play date! We’ve added the ability to schedule a future gameplay session with your friends on the system. When your event starts, users who registered for the event will automatically be added to a party so you can start playing right away.
- Play Together – This features allows all members of a Party to see what each person is playing so that you can easily join a friend’s game, or start a new game together.
Other New System Features
- Remote Play (PC/Mac) – We’re bringing PS4 Remote Play to Windows PC and Mac. This feature won’t be available to test in the beta, but you can look forward to it soon.
- Dailymotion – With this update, you’ll be able to live stream directly to Dailymotion on PS4. We’ll also support archiving live broadcasts, like we do for other streaming services.
Source: PlayStation Blog
