PS4: Firmware Update 2.50 Yukimura - these functions are new

Yukimura, the firmware update 2.50 for the PS4, brings numerous new functions. Here's everything you need to know about the changes your PlayStation 4 will make.

New with Yukimura: New comfort functions for the PS4

Yukimura offers a number of new convenience functions that bring you back into the game even faster, relieve you of the work of updates and make video sharing even easier.

• With Suspend / Resume you can pause almost any game by pressing the PS button and then resume at the same point later. Even from sleep mode, you can continue right where you left off.
• In addition, you can now specify for games that support 60 fps whether they should use 30 or 60 fps for remote play and share play.
• From Yukimura you can also have system software updates installed automatically.
• If you want to upload videos to Dailymotion, you can now simply do this with the Share button.

New with firmware update 2.50: Improved security for the PS4

The PS4 is also increasing its security settings with Yukimura.

• PlayStation 4 can now back up your console's data to USB storage devices and restore them from there if necessary.
• This includes settings, save data, screenshots, video clips as well as games, patches and download data.
• From now on, certain verified accounts will be marked with a badge by, for example, game developers, producers and community managers.
• So you can be sure that this person actually works for Sony, for example.
• It is now easy to turn a sub-account into a full account if its owner is 18 or older. The sub-account restrictions can be removed directly on the PS4.

New with Yukimura: Improved friends functions

Interacting with your friends is even easier with Yukimura.

• As of firmware update 2.50, you can connect your account to Facebook and use the Facebook Friend Finder to find other PS4 players from your network.
• PS4's friendship requests have also been revised, so you now need to take fewer steps.
• A party can now also be created in less steps with less effort.
• For games, you can now display which of your friends also play this title. You can then join a match directly on the corresponding details page.
• You can also use the news feed to display what your friends are playing and, if necessary, jump directly to the same game via the corresponding message.

New with Yukimura: New functions for the trophies

Update 2.50 also makes it easier to manage and share your trophies on PlayStation.

• From now on, will automatically take a screenshot when you receive a trophy.
• By pressing the Share button, you can easily share new trophies via Facebook, Twitter or PS4 messages.
• In the trophy list you now have further sorting options: date, received / not received and type.
• If 0% games bother you in your list, you can remove them now.

New with Yukimura: Improved setting and access options

If you have stumbled across certain PS4 settings so far and were therefore unable to use the console well, you can now adjust them.

• You can change the button assignment of the controller from firmware update 2.50.
• You can now zoom in on images and also reverse the colors of system functions, apps and games.
• Texts from graphical user interfaces can now be easily enlarged, making them easier to read.
• Bold fonts and higher contrast should also reduce hurdles in the user interfaces for system applications.