PlayStation Begins Rolling Out New “Check for Update” PS5 Feature for Titles in the Game Library

PS5 Check for Update feature Game Library 2023

Updating your games on PS5 just became a little easier, as PlayStation has begun rolling out a new “check for update” PS5 feature that lets you check for game updates for titles in your game library.

Some might quickly point out that the system has always had this feature. That’s right and wrong, as the “check for update” was only for titles displayed on the home screen. This meant that if the PS5 didn’t automatically download a game update (which, from reports, is very hit-and-miss with the option on), games that aren’t displayed on the home screen but in your game library may not have updated. Because the feature was only available for titles on the home screen, you’d have to boot each game to determine whether there was a pending update. It was an annoying process that made your home screen shift between different titles if you weren’t pinning them.

Well, now PlayStation has begun rolling (as spotted on Reddit) out the “check for update” feature for titles in the library.

From the comments, this feature doesn’t appear to be available for everyone right now. There’s no software update/download nor restart needed for it, though, as it should be automatically pushed to the console. If you don’t see the feature, you can try navigating to the “System Feature Update” option by opening the console settings and going to the system tab. It will be located here. This will check for any features that PlayStation might have pushed through.

It’s about time this was added to the game library. Sure, it’s a small one, but that also begs the question of why it wasn’t there to begin with. Hopefully, we get some sort of “check for updates for all games” buttons (something we listed in our PS5 firmware update wishlist) or an update history with patch notes like the PS4 still has.

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Nikki_boagreis
Nikki_boagreis
6 months ago

I went to the system feature update and it said “all features are updated” yet i don’t see an option of manually checking for updates from the game library. I usually don’t get updates for games unless i restart my PS5, only then are updates automatically added on the download list.

I had hoped Sony would add folders for PS5 so you can organize your games, like they added on PS4 with a system software update.

Last edited 6 months ago by Nikki_boagreis
andrewsqual
andrewsqual
6 months ago

FINALLY, is right.

Now if only we got some themes. How they came up with the PS5 interface and no themes or dynamic themes in mind is horrendous.

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