Huge PS5 update introduces customizable home screens and adaptive controller charging ahead of PS5 Pro's launch

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The latest PS5 software update is easily one of the current-gen console's biggest yet - adding customizable home screens, adaptive controller charging and much more. This is likely as a means to refresh the system's UI and features ahead of PS5 Pro's November 7 launch.

The details are available to read over at the official PlayStation Blog which states that the latest update will be rolling out worldwide over the coming weeks, beginning for select users in the US today.

You'll be able to fill the hub with various widgets including Trophy tracking, a battery life monitor (for DualSense, DualSense Edge and PSVR 2 Sense controllers), friends list, wishlist and accessibility features. Better yet, the Welcome Hub will let you choose backgrounds for your PS5 dashboard. Sony says there are some animated presets, but you'll also be able to use a screenshot from your media gallery much like on Xbox Series X and Series S.

Another big feature is adaptive controller charging. This will be supported on PS5 Slim and PS5 Pro only (sorry, launch console owners), and lets users set how much charge will be supplied to controllers while the console is in rest mode. This new 'Adaptive' charge setting seems to only supply power to your controllers as long as they need charging, meaning it'll stop once they're fully topped up.

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