{"id":374418,"date":"2026-08-06T05:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=374418"},"modified":"2026-08-06T05:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:08:57","slug":"ps5-beta-update-now-enables-improved-pssr-by-default-on-ps5-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ps5-beta-update-now-enables-improved-pssr-by-default-on-ps5-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 beta update now enables improved PSSR by default on PS5 Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sony\u2019s latest PlayStation 5 system software beta is a pretty focused update, but for PlayStation 5 Pro owners, the big change is easy to spot: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/sony-releases-a-free-update-for-ps5-with-the-new-pssr-technology\" rel=\"noopener\">Enhance PSSR Image Quality<\/a><\/strong> now comes on by default. Sony has also added a new switch that lets you turn Bluetooth off.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in March 2026, Sony introduced that image-quality setting as a manual toggle on PlayStation 5 Pro. In this beta, it turns on automatically, so games built for the original PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution can tap the newer Project Amethyst-era image reconstruction <strong>without you having to<\/strong> change anything or wait for a game patch. Sony says the newer version delivers a sharper, more stable image with less shimmering and flicker. It\u2019s also, according to Sony, about 100 microseconds faster.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some games already support the newer PSSR natively, including <a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-requiem.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resident Evil Requiem<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/alan-wake-ii-night-springs.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan Wake II<\/a>, Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Silent Hill f.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bluetooth option is much more specific. It\u2019s mainly there for <strong>tournament-style wired setups<\/strong>, and if you switch it off, you also lose rest mode and HDMI-CEC.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you use a PlayStation 5 Pro regularly, this beta is probably worth downloading for the automatic visual bump alone. Most people, though, will want to keep <strong>Bluetooth on<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download the beta on PlayStation 5, while the PSSR change is limited to PlayStation 5 Pro.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony\u2019s latest PlayStation 5 system software beta is a pretty focused update, but for PlayStation 5 Pro owners, the big change is easy to spot: Enhance PSSR Image Quality now comes on by default. Sony has also added a new switch that lets you turn Bluetooth off. Back in March 2026, Sony introduced that image-quality &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ps5-beta-update-now-enables-improved-pssr-by-default-on-ps5-pro\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PS5 beta update now enables improved PSSR by default on PS5 Pro&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9226,"featured_media":374417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-374418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374419,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374418\/revisions\/374419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374418"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=374418"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=374418"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=374418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}