{"id":55332,"date":"2013-11-13T12:57:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T10:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=55332"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:02:18","slug":"playstation-app-released-for-ios-and-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/playstation-app-released-for-ios-and-android\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation App released for iOS and Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has released the <a href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/b\/playstation\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>PlayStation<\/strong><\/a> app for Android and iOS in the US, to coincide with the release of the PlayStation 4 console. It allows you to connect with your PlayStation Network friends, use &#8216;second screen&#8217; features and more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Second Screen&#8217; means you can use your mobile while playing certain games. Much like the Nintendo Wii-U or DS systems, the second screen will be used to offer more control, maps and other useful information. It won&#8217;t give you as much functionality as a Vita connected to a PlayStation 4, but it&#8217;s still pretty useful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-55333\" title=\"playstationios\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/playstationios-568x319.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/playstationios-568x319.png 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/playstationios-256x144.png 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/playstationios-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/playstationios-664x374.png 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/playstationios-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/playstationios-238x134.png 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/11\/playstationios.png 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The PlayStation app also lets you check out the Store. You can buy games and DLC, and even push them to your PlayStation 4 so it downloads them while you&#8217;re away. Game manuals and instructions are accessible from the app too.<\/p>\n<p>You can chat to your PSN contacts, as well as checking up on their trophies and progress in the games they are playing.<\/p>\n<p>Download the PlayStation app for <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/playstation-app\/id410896080?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>iOS<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.scee.psxandroid&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Android<\/strong><\/a>. It is expected to be released in Europe on November 22nd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has released the PlayStation app for Android and iOS in the US, to coincide with the release of the PlayStation 4 console. It allows you to connect with your PlayStation Network friends, use &#8216;second screen&#8217; features and more. &#8216;Second Screen&#8217; means you can use your mobile while playing certain games. Much like the Nintendo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/playstation-app-released-for-ios-and-android\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PlayStation App released for iOS and Android&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2808],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-55332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionplaystation-app"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55332","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\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331826,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55332\/revisions\/331826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55332"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=55332"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=55332"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=55332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}