Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and here are my top tips tricks and features for the PlayStation
5. So whether you've just bought one or you've had one for the last two years hopefully some of
these tips will make using the PS5 that little bit easier and there are even a few in the list that I
think are absolute game changers well I hope you enjoyed today's video and if there are any hidden
features that I've missed just drop those in the comments below now this is one of my favorite tips
so if you press the mute button on the controller it obviously mutes your mic but if you press and
hold the button it will mute your mic as well as all of the ps5's audio and this is also if
you want to quickly mute your headset or your TV speakers without needing to try and find your TV
remote and when you do this the little LED on the controller blinks or pulses you know that it's
muted then if you press and hold it again it will unmute your audio now if you're a Trophy Hunter
this next one could be a game changer for you if you often find yourself going through the trophy
list and pressing the show hidden information for each hidden trophy you'll know this can
be a real pain well fortunately there's a way to permanently reveal all hidden trophies in one go
if you go to the trophy list and before clicking on the game press the options button and choose
reveal all this will now show all of the hidden trophies for that selected game so by default
every time you turn your PlayStation 5 on your mic is switched on your controller and that means if
you join a party or a game your teammates will be able to hear you now that's not a bad thing
unless you forget and you say something that you shouldn't so one of the first things that I did
was make sure that the mic is muted by default and that means each time I turn the PlayStation
5 on the mic will be muted by default and you can change this under the controller settings
if we return to the home screen you'll see we've got 11 of your most recently played games listed
across the top and that's in the order that they were last played and as soon as you open a new
game it will bump the last game off the list but if there is a game that you always want to show up
here or a game that you regularly play where you can pin it by pressing the options button on the
game and toggle in the pin setting in fact you can pin up to five games now unfortunately it doesn't
pin them where they're positioned unfortunately but it does keep them in view at least in your top
11 games you've probably noticed this already but as you navigate around the home screen you will
hear different background music or theme music for each game that you select now I like this
but if for any reason you don't you can disable the background music from playing in the settings
just go to the sound settings then audio output and you can toggle the home screen music on or off
now there are times you'll want to jump on the PS5 or on a game and not show yourself
as online maybe you're supposed to be working or you just don't want to tell your mates so you can
obviously do this from the profile drop down menu but if you're already online well it's too late
so you've got a few choices here either switch it to offline before you turn your PS5 off the night
before you could log into the app and change your status there or when you turn the PS5 on if you
press the options button on your profile photo it will let you log in as offline so now you
can game without anybody knowing so the way that your games are displayed or arranged on the home
screen cannot be changed yet but there's a cool way to organize your games into folders or game
lists this allows you to categorize or label your games into genres game types or even different
family members maybe games that you're currently playing could be placed into One game list all you
need to do is go to your game Library press the options on a game and add it to a game list from
here you can create multiple lists and you can even add the same game to multiple lists as well
now while you're playing games streaming or recording gameplay getting pop-up notifications
can sometimes be a real pain or even distracting well fortunately we have full control over what
notifications we see and when we see them you can switch off all notifications or change whether
you want to hear the sound or for how long the notification stays on screen you can even disable
them from showing up during recording videos or playing games I would spend a few minutes
just going through the list as they will probably be a few settings that you'd like to switch off
if there's a game that you'd like to look off but you're not ready to buy it just yet it's
always worth adding it to your wish list you can either do this via the store on the PS5 or via
the PS app just tap the heart icon and add it to your wish list now not only does this show
up on your list of wanted games but you will get a notification via the app and console
if this game ever goes into a sale it means you don't need to keep checking to see if it's been
reduced as you will get notified immediately we've all played games that you wish didn't show up in
your trophy or your recently played games list well the good news is you can remove or hide
them if you've never unlocked a trophy for and it still shows zero percent on the trophy list
just tap the options button and delete however if there are games on your list that you have started
getting trophies for it's not quite as easy you won't be able to remove these games from your
list but you can hide them so other people can't see them if you go to settings users and accounts
then privacy then under customize privacy settings you can choose which games you wish to hide these
will then be hidden from your trophy and your recently played games these will show up for you
but they won't show up for your friends and your followers now when you press the PlayStation icon
on the controller you see this pop-up menu across the bottom it's got quick action buttons for your
Audio Mic and game based settings but if you press the options key it will let you rearrange or even
hide certain icons that you don't need I always have my profile picture at this start and the
power off icon at the end but you can move these around however you'd like if you've ever needed to
turn your controller off say you're about to watch a movie on the PlayStation 5 where there's two
ways you can do this either go to the accessory options and select the controller and switch
it off or simply press and hold the PlayStation button on the controller for 10 seconds now while
the controller is powered on if you double tap the PlayStation button it will bring up the current or
most recently accessed card so for me this is the trophy list in Hogwarts Legacy this means instead
of tapping the PS button and then going to the trophy list I can see it a lot quicker this way
storage wise the PS5 comes with 825 gigabytes of which only 667 gigabytes are usable but there are
two ways you can increase this quite easily the first is to use an external drive which you plug
into a spare USB port on the PS5 this will allow you to store and play PS4 games straight from it
as well as being able to store your PS5 games you won't be able to play PS5 games from an external
drive though so you need to transfer these back onto the console's internal drive when you're
ready to play and if you are downloading and playing PS4 games my advice is to change this
setting for the default save location for all future PS4 games and then there's the second
option which is to purchase and install a m.2 drive this is an SSC drive that stops into the
internal Bay of the PS5 and as long as it meets the minimum speed requirements you can increase
the console storage by up to four terabytes and this is what I've done which gives me around 4.6
terabytes of available storage you just need to slide the cover off remove the screw and
metal plate and Slot the SSD in it's a five minute job and it does not void your warranty
so if you subscribe to a Playstation Plus you unlock literally hundreds of games that you can
play at no extra cost and every month PlayStation releases between two and four games as part of
their free monthly games now even if you don't plan on downloading and playing them right away
it's always worth adding them to your library because as soon as you do this you now own that
game for as long as you're subscribed to PS plus and talking of games if you're like me and buy a
lot of your games digitally here's a cheaper way of buying them so depending on where you
are located there are websites that allow you to buy PSN credits at a reduced rate so I use these
two websites and often buy 35 pound gift cards which means I'm saving anywhere between 10 and
15 it might not sound like much but if you're spending 70 pounds on the digital game it will
cost me around 62 pounds instead doing it this way and that means across the entire year of buying
digital games I could literally save hundreds of pounds and if you've ever wondered how certain
people or users get access to the beta updates well there's no real secret you just need to
pre-register your interest on the PlayStation's website go to their website which I have linked
below so joining with your account and click the button then if you're selected you will get a code
to redeem via email and voila you now get to test out any of the new features on your PS5
so something that is often overlooked is a PS app and it's one of the first things that every PS5
owner should do it only allows you to browse the store for games redeem codes for gift cards or
check your trophy progress it allows you to manage your console storage so you can see how much space
you've got left and you can even download games straight to your PS5 from the store it's also a
great way to get notifications for your PS5 things like when your friends come online or send you a
game invite you can even jump into a party chat and chat via the app if you're away from home and
if you install the PS remote play app you'll be able to turn on your PS5 and control the console
remotely using it to play games on your phone is one of the reasons to get the app but at the very
least it's a great way to check if your console and games are up to date so what I will often do
if I'm away from a home is switch the console on and just make sure there are no updates pending
there's nothing worse than getting home ready to play a game and realize you have two hours of
updates so by default the resolution settings for your PS5 will be set to automatic and nine times
out of ten this will be absolutely fine however if you know your monitor is a 4K screen or you want
to play at 1440p you can update that here and as vrr is Now supported you might want to make sure
this is selected as well oh and if you're on the latest beta software well vrr now works at 1440p
so if you're fortunate enough to have multiple ps5s where you can transfer your game saves
between the two instantly as long as you're paying for PS plus and you have the cloud storage enabled
your game saves will automatically be uploaded to the cloud once you've closed the game then within
a matter of seconds that same game save will be uploaded and downloaded onto your other console
provided the game of course is installed on that for me this means I can swap between my living
room and my desk setup and carry on wherever I left off now share play is an awesome feature
that lets you and your mates play local co-op or multiplayer games without them needing to be
local they don't even need to own a copy of the game so if you jump into a party with a friend
and select start share play you can invite your friend to play the game with you they can either
take control of your player and help you out or you can set up as a local multiplayer game both
of you need to be a PS plus subscriber but they don't need to have a copy of the game each session
lasts for about an hour before it automatically ends but there is a multiplayer or a co-op game
that you wish you could play with a friend this is the best way to do it then there's the ability to
capture screenshots and videos while gaming and either automatically or manually transfer those
to your phone once you've taken a screenshot or a video you'll see this little icon which means it's
uploading to the mobile app then inside the app if you go to the captures area you'll see them listed
here for the next 14 days before disappearing this is a great way to share screenshots to Twitter or
Instagram without needing to manually send them over I'm talking about using your mobile to access
the PS5 but these controllers will connect via Bluetooth to your phone phone if you press and
hold the PS icon and the share button at the same time the light bar across the top starts to flash
now all you need to do is go into your settings and pair it with your phone and you know how full
control and Remote Play with the PS5 of course you can also use the controller to play other local
games on your phone now this option is pretty cool if you normally choose the same difficulty rating
or resolution mode in games if you go to the saved data and then game presets there's the option
to make some default choices that work across supported games so if in most games you like to
concentrate on the story you might want to change this to the easiest option and if you know you
prefer performance over resolution again you can set this here you can always override this in the
games but at least by default it will select these modes for you now the Dual sense ads launched
a couple of weeks ago where you get adjustable triggers and rear buttons but it also allows you
to remap any button to another well this feature isn't just for the edge controller as it works
with a normal dual sense controller as well if you go into the accessibility settings control it and
enable the custom button assignment from here you can remap and swap some of the buttons around this
is perfect if you're playing an old PS1 game where the controls are flipped or different to what you
need but don't forget this is applied console wide so not just for one game or one profile unlike the
Dual sense Edge if you ever need to shut your PS5 down and you don't have the controller nearby you
can do this by pressing and holding the power button on the front of the console for five
seconds this is the bottom one out of the two now when navigating around the PS5 if you tap
the triangle button it will jump to the top bar it's only a small feature but it saves you tapping
up and Rise a few times to jump to the settings or the profile area at the top now sometimes the PS5
needs its cash clearing it's often the case when games or the men you start to lag or slow down a
little although any experiences once and that was while playing Horizon a few weeks ago now
the easiest way to clear the cache is to unplug the power from the console and leave it switched
off for a few minutes otherwise you can attempt to access the safe mode all you need to do is turn
the PS5 off then press and hold the power button until we hear a second beep it's after about seven
seconds then you should plug your controller in via the USB and select the clear cache and rebuild
database option clearer the cache should do the trick here but you can also choose to rebuild
the database now sometimes you might want to see how long you've played a game for or how
long your friends have if you go to your profile page you're able to see every game you've played
and for how many hours and then if you go to your friends page you can do exactly the same you can
compare how many hours you've both played now in the latest beta software they've actually included
this information on the home screen for every game so it means you don't need to go to your profile
page anymore because you can see this information here okay so the Dual sense controller has this
little LED light on the front which reacts to what you're doing in games so it could change
between red blue and white or any other color but if you wanted to reduce the brightness well you
can do this in the controller settings just go to the accessories and controller settings and you
can either dim the brightness you can also turn off the speaker and vibration for each controller
so when you're typing messages or search over things you can either use the arrows on the d-pad
and select the letters or you can use the touchpad to move it around like a mouse but there's also
another way of doing this if you press the L3 and R3 sticks in together it will turn the controller
into a pointer so now you can move the controller around and hover over each letter before pressing
X to select while you've just made it to the end of this huge list of tips tricks and features for
the PlayStation 5. I hope there were at least a few ideas in the list you either like the look of
or that you'd never seen before but out of the entire list we've gone through today which was
your favorite and if I did miss any which would you recommend that I added for me I think the
best ones are the mute all audio by pressing and holding the mute button on the controller
and the reveal all hidden trophies that really makes a huge difference when playing games and
checking which trophies I still need well if you drop a PS5 tricks in the comments I will give you
a thumbs up for staying right till the end and if you did enjoy today's video check out my dual
sense Edge video next as that covers the brand new Pro Controller that we saw launched last month
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