The PS4 will support external hard drives in upcoming update

The PS4 will support external hard drives in upcoming update

Sony confirmed off a preview of the following software program replace for the PlayStation four immediately, which provides a long-awaited characteristic to the console: exterior onerous drive help. Whereas Xbox One homeowners have been in a position to do that for ages, the one means for homeowners to increase storage for a PS4 has been to switch the inner drive. To be truthful, Sony has tried to make easy as doable to switch the inner storage, nevertheless it was nonetheless a reasonably concerned course of that required bodily unscrewing the drive, reinstalling the system software program, after which copying over all of your knowledge.

However within the upcoming four.50 software program, Sony is lastly including the flexibility to easily plug in a USB three.zero onerous drive to immediately get more room, and can help onerous drives as much as 8TB. Content material put in on the exterior drive will present up within the PlayStation four software program alongside something on the inner drive.

Additionally getting added within the replace are a couple of extra minute options, together with customized wallpapers, extra simplified notifications, and help to view 3D Blu-rays in digital actuality utilizing a PlayStation VR.

The replace is rolling out immediately to customers who're signed up for the PS4 beta program, however Sony has but to introduced when it is going to see a remaining launch for all customers.