Ps5 Remote Play App On Ps4

Sony surprised everyone today by quietly launching a PS5 Remote Play app for the PS4, and with it, opened the way to stream PS5 games to the current-gen console.

As VGC reports, in order for the Remote Play app to work, both a PS4 and PS5 console need to be owned. The two consoles can then be connected via a home network. First, the Remote Play feature must be enabled on the PS5 before the PS4 can locate it on the network. This can either be achieved automatically or by entering a code.

PS5 Remote Play App Is Now Available on PS4. As discovered by VGC, Sony has suddenly added a PlayStation 5 remote play app to your PS4's menu. Go on and check, we'll wait. Using the PS Remote Play app, you can control your PlayStation®5 console or PlayStation®4 console from a device in a different location. For example, you can use a computer in another room or a smartphone. when you’re out to enjoy PS5™ and PS4™ games. PS Remote Play Access your PS5 and PS4 from your mobile device via Wi-Fi and play games using an on-screen controller or your DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller. Navigate the PlayStation menus, enter text on your console using the keyboard on your mobile device and switch on your console from rest mode without needing a TV screen.

Once connected, it will be possible to stream a game running on the PS5 to the PS4 and control it as if it's running on the PS4. This means you can play PS5 games in a different room and control those games with a DualShock 4 controller, although you'll be missing out on the enhanced level of feedback offered by the PS5's DualSense controller.

Ultimately, the best place to play PS5 games is on a PS5, but Remote Play is a nice option to have if for some reason the room where the PS5 is located can't be used. As to how well the streaming works, we'll have to wait until PS5 launch day to find out. This isn't a new feature Sony is introducing, though. Remote Play was made available for the PS3 and PS4, allowing game streaming to PSP, PS Vita, PlayStation TV, Xperia smartphones, tablets, and even Windows and macOS machines.

With the PlayStation 5 launching later this week, there might be some folks out there who are planning to pick up one of those and get rid of their PS4 in the process. It makes sense to do something like that – after all, most PlayStation 4 games will be playable on PlayStation 5, and selling your PS4 means that you’d have some extra cash to put toward new hardware. If you were thinking of doing that, you might want to hit the brakes for the moment, because today Sony added a Remote Play app to the PlayStation 4 that will make the console relevant in the next generation.

That Remote Play app allows you to stream PlayStation 5 games to your PlayStation 4, so if you live in a household with multiple TVs, you’ll be able to use that PS4 as something of a streaming box. The app first started appearing on PlayStation 4 consoles today, but of course, since no one has a PlayStation 5 yet, the social media masses (particularly those on Reddit) were unable to do a whole more than share screenshots of the app installed on their PlayStation 4 consoles.

Eurogamer, however, detailed the app a bit further, saying that on the PS5 you want to stream from, you’ll have to enable Remote Play first by going into Settings > System > Remote Play > Enable Remote Play. Simple enough, and users even have a number of resolution options when it comes to PS5 Remote Play: 540p, 720p, and 1080p.

As Eurogamer notes, this potentially opens the door to playing PS5 games with a DualShock 4, something that Sony has already said is not possible when you’re actually playing games on a PlayStation 5. Though the DualShock 4 can connect to the PlayStation 5 for the purposes of controlling PS4 games, it won’t work in any PlayStation 5 games, which leaves us wondering just how Sony handles the DualShock 4 in PS5 Remote Play.

These answers will probably become clearer as more people get to use the app, but for now, at least we know that the PlayStation 4 will still have plenty of usefulness into the next generation. The PlayStation 5 launches here in the US on Thursday, November 12th.

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