Since its launch in 2020, the PlayStation 5 has received a series of firmware updates from Sony aimed at enhancing performance and delivering an improved gaming experience. As anticipation builds for the release of the PlayStation 5 Slim, reportedly bundled with two best-selling games, Sony has recently rolled out another firmware update for the original PlayStation 5 console.
This latest update, labeled version 23.02-08.20.02, made its debut on November 8. Weighing in at 851 MB, it's notably smaller than some of its predecessors. The compact size fueled speculation about the update being a minor enhancement, especially given that Sony initially kept its purpose under wraps.
However, the company has since clarified that the update is geared towards "improving system performance," offering players an optimized gaming environment on the original PlayStation 5 console. Given that PlayStation 5 users are not mandated to install it, we doubt the update makes any significant change to the console's performance.
Sony's last update before version 23.02-08.20.02 arrived last month and brought several major changes to the console. It introduced a two-column layout in the control center that allowed users to browse through different music categories, songs, and playlists.
The update also eliminated the accidental broadcast of PSVR2 players' surroundings during a gameplay session, which sounds like quite the privacy issue, and improved the console's messages feature for players.