Sony has revealed details of its upcoming 3.50 firmware for the PS4. While there are many new features in the new update, a big one is a long-requested ability for players to appear Offline to their friends while playing.
Also added is the ability to remote-play to a PC or MAC on the same network. Presumably, this will work something like remote play on the PS Vita, whose effectiveness is reliant upon the strength of your home WiFi. Nevertheless, it is a welcome addition and gives the player more options when using remote-play.
The beta for the 3.50 update, codenamed “Musashi,” will apparently only be given to a few select customers, Sony says. An official release date has yet to be announced for the full update.
Here are the full Patch notes for the 3.50 system software, courtesy of Sony:
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.