PS4 Firmware 5.0 Beta Rolls Out Today

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Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the beta for the PS4 system’s next major system software update 5.00 — which is codenamed NOBUNAGA — is being dished out today for those that were selected to participate in the beta program.

Here’s a rundown of what is included in the beta:

Family on PSN
Sony is overhauling the current master/sub account system, and introducing the new “Family on PlayStation Network.” This will allow families on PS4 an easier route to setting up PSN accounts for children and to customize parental control settings.

Will allow for multiple adults to be part of a single family, and allow The Family Manager to promote another adult inside the family to a Parent/Guardian.
All parental controls (including game age ratings) can be individually attuned for each child.

Friend List Management
The “Favorite Groups” tab will be replaced by a new “Custom Lists” tab within Friends, which will allow you to create and edit customs lists of your friends. You know — a list for your Nidhogg friends, and one for your Rocket League friends. Or even your Madden 16 Friends. The possibilities are endless.

Broadcast Feature Updates
Communities
If you own a community, you can now bind said community to your broadcast. When a broadcast is linked to a community, the community button will appear on the Live from PlayStation spectator screen. From there, a spectator can click on the community button and jump right to the community page to check out details.

PlayStation VR
A new setting in the PlayStation VR: Display Message to Spectators and Spectators Comments has been added. Once this is enabled, spectator comments made during a broadcast will be displayed not only in cinematic mode, but also in VR mode.

PS4 Pro
PS4 Pro will now support 1080p 60fps streaming on Twitch.

Messages Improvements
You can now share music via messages.
You can now easily leave several groups at once, by opening up Options in the message list, selecting Leave, and choosing the message groups you want to bounce out of.

Notifications Updates
A new setting has been added that allows you to disable pop-up notifications while you’re watching a movie or TV show on your PS4.
You can now turn off message previews on your pop-up notifications. If you do this, the pop-up notification will hide the message senders’ online ID and will display a generic user icon and message instead