Sign Up for the Next PS4 System Software Update Beta

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Sign Up for the Next PS4 System Software Update Beta

Learn how you can be added to future betas automatically and receive an exclusive PSN avatar in the process.

We’re getting ready for the next major system update for PS4, and can use some help from PS4 owners to test it out ahead of launch. Starting today, you can sign up for a chance to be a beta tester and get an advance look at some of the improvements and new features coming to PS4. And good news for Canadian folks – beginning this beta, PS4 owners in Canada are also able to register for the beta testing.

You can register to be a beta tester anytime between today and the start of the beta expected in February. Users must be 18 years or older. Once the beta starts, we’ll close registration.

Beta testers for our previous major system software update, version 5.00, got a preview of features like Family on PSN, friend list management, message improvements and much more before launch.

If you’re part of the program, you’ll receive an email with instructions on downloading the beta version of the next system software. In order to sign up, you’ll need a PS4 system with an internet connection and SEN account. And remember — you can roll back to the previous system software at any time.

And starting this beta, you can choose to be added to future betas automatically without having to register again. If you choose to do so, you’ll receive an exclusive PSN avatar.

We’ll be back soon with an update on the features you can expect in the beta.
Many thanks to everyone signing up — especially our returning beta testers! Your feedback helps us make the system software update even better.

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  • I will beta and test if you want it would be an honour

  • I am wanting to sign up for sure. I mean I play for about 8+ hours a day so I feel like I could stress test it quite well.

  • I’m interested in beta test

  • Would love to test,the new Beta!

  • I’m very interested in and would be excited if you picked me to be a beta tester.

  • Sign me up! Hope I can help!

  • sign me up!

  • Hey I would love to be apart of the beta test so please sign me up

  • It would be cool if there was a way to listen to your music without the game music playing also.

  • I wanna be able to listen to music in the background while using share play or second screen.

  • I want to take part in the Beta testing because I love the Ps4 and everything about. I would also like to see the future for Ps4 and the other PlayStation systems. Please let me be part of the beta.

  • I am interested

  • As a blind gamer. Hopefully the new software can have more text to speech on the PlayStation store, friends, notifications, it really bothers when the text to speech does not work in the PlayStation store always have to find a Nother way to download games. When the PlayStation store is in my settings but after taking the PlayStation store text to speech no longer works please fix

  • Sign me up for the beta testing. Would love to try it out

  • Please redesign the dashboard. not gonna lie it’s getting really dull and also it would be epic if you could make a dashboard for the psvr headset. You know where everything would circle around you and if you look at it, it gets a bit bigger and you click on it to start it up, and with that you could make VR themes!

  • How about an update that would stop the PS4 from deleting games on its own? Honestly such an annoying bug. Adding the name-changing feature back would be nice too, but I’m more desperate for the latter.

  • I would love to be a beta tester where do I sign up

  • Sign me up to beta test please

  • Gostaria muito se possível aumentar o número de participantes de 8 na party para 32 isso sim seria algo espetacular. E mais também a possibilidade de mudança de nicknames da PSN

  • Please add the ability to change player name.

  • How about for theme music u could have your own and name changes. I really don’t like my name on PSN but that could be a good feature. I really want to be part of this

  • Sign me up. I’ve been having my ps4 since almost 2 years and play everyday for 3 hours but on weekends I play about 8 hours

  • Sigh me up I’ll be happy to test it out after all I’ve had a while laystation since middle school.

  • Please let us change our psn name even if its a 20 dollar charge i dont wanna lose my gaming history and this is not the name i chose

  • Sounds like fun, sign me up.

  • Let us change game I.D.

  • Hi everyone,
    I think I speak for everyone when I say we need to know where we are at achieving a trophy instead of always having to refer to the trophy menu… ie: AC Origins …10 stealth kills…it would’ve been nice to know that after I’ve killed a few a window would pop up stating I needed (x) amount to achieve “so and so” trophy

  • Gee, it would be nice if the PS4 could finally read and play CDs, so it is at least capable of doing what a $90 BluRay Player can do.

  • Hi my gamer tag is icehitman12 not icehitman77 please fix for me thanks.

  • I would love to be in the Beta program and test out new games and equipment!

  • Sign me up!!!!

  • Always happy to help test.

  • This is my first doing beta, so it’s a great idea to discover it. Sign me up

  • How about charging $10.00 for people who want to change their name every 3 months or 6.

  • We should be able use R3 on control to send text. Insted of pressing PS botton and …..

  • all in balls out. let me have it!

  • I hope we have fun

  • How do I sign up?

  • Sign me up

  • Change gamer tag plz I need this at least once for free like Xbox. Thank u

  • I would love it if we can control the Mic volume for each party member in the party chat. And also be able to remove individual users from each favorite group chat that I’ve created.

  • Maybe we can finally have access to our games on the Vita, like any of the ps1 or the psp games. I have been wanting that for a long time and so does most anyone I know.

  • I’m an avid PS4 enthusiast gamer who would love to be considered for the software beta!!

  • It would be nice if you could use remote play on Android or on fire with no root or apk , and not have to have wifi or hot spot ,and also be able to cast from Android or fire to PS4 with no hot spot or wifi and no wires I know the tech is devolped just all big companies and corporation won’t let us have it with out having to buy something else it not right

  • some more download management features would be nice. like being able to set the order you want your games to download and they stay in that order even if they encounter an error and have to be manually resumed.

  • Let us delete demos and betas from our libraries. That’s not too much to ask, is it? Why isn’t that already a thing?

  • Isn’t it easier to create a program like XBox Insider? I think it just doesn’t make sense to wait for Redeem Codes to allow people to use beta firmware. If people lose this registration time window, he/she cannot enter in the beta program anymore

    I bet that Sony loses a lot of beta tester with this awkward procedure to have access to beta firmwares (which is my case in many previous firmware beta tests).

  • Never tried a Beta Test before, I’m availible sony…!

  • Signed up a few days ago. I’ve been in almost every system test beta except for one.

    Hoping to jump on this one too and get invited. Always fun to test out new features and submit bugs and issues.

    Personality. I’d like to see more music options.

  • I haven’t seen hardly any improvements over the last 3 months and that includes voice changer and the horrible outdated so called friends list nope it is a mess and it needs to be fixed ASAP! But why haven’t they improved the the chat features by changing your voice already? Not cool Sony not cool at all

    • And sure I’d like to beta test the PS4 and tell you guys as to what needs to be improved in the future before PS5 comes out, look I’m not complaining I’m just giving my point of view because I pay for this service because I’m a Plus Member, Thank for hopeful reconsidering Sony!

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