By Zarmena Khan
Sony has rolled out a surprise PS5 system software update for April 2026, but don’t get your hopes up. Firmware version 26.03-13.20.00 is a little over 1 GB (size may vary by region), and brings minor improvements to communication features.
Complete patch notes for today’s PS5 firmware update are as follows:
There are no new system software updates for the PS4 or PS Portal remote player.
One thing we did notice, however, is that Sony rolled out at least two back-end system feature updates over the last week. When manually checking for system feature updates via the PS5’s system menu, I was prompted to restart my console to install the “latest features,” but I didn’t notice any changes. One such feature update went live just a day ago.
I searched online to see if other players noticed anything different, but beyond fellow players confirming that they, too, received new feature updates, I didn’t find any information.
We’ll keep our eyes peeled and update our readers when/if we find out what those mysterious feature updates brought.
In the meantime, if you notice any changes, leave us a comment below.
Zarmena is a senior editor at PSLS. She has been with the site since 2014.
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