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11 ways to power up your gaming on your PS5

Playing games on your PlayStation 5 is much more exciting than digging through menus and configuration options. However, if you invest a bit of time in getting these settings just right, you’ll get the benefit in your gameplay. From avoiding spoilers to taming notifications to enabling all of the graphical flourishes that your PS5 has to offer, there’s a lot to dig into here. All these options can be found via Settings. You can begin by selecting the cog icon in the top right corner of the PS5 home screen.

Save power on the controller battery

If you want to maximize the amount of time you get between recharges of the DualSense wireless controller, you can get it to automatically turn itself off after a certain amount of inactivity.

• Pick System > Power Saving > Set Time Until Controllers Turn Off
• Make your choice: 10 minutes, 30 minutes, or 60 minutes. The default setting is to not have the controllers turn off at all.

Choose between performance and resolution

You’ve got a choice on the PS5: Performance Mode or Resolution Mode. When choosing between the two modes, head to Saved Data and Game/App Settings > Game Presets > Performance Mode or Resolution Mode. Games tend to look better in Resolution Mode because all the visual flourishes are switched on. In Performance Mode, games tend to look smoother because more frames can be generated in a faster time without all those enhancements. The differences will vary from game to game depending on its complexity.

Configure capture settings

When you capture screenshots and gameplay clipson your PS5, you’ve got a choice when it comes to the quality that these images and videos are saved in.

• Head to Captures and Broadcasts > Captures.
• Go to Screenshot Format and Video Clip Format to set the resolution, file type and HDR setting for screenshots and video clips.
• If you stream gameplay online, settings for this can be set via Broadcasts.

Manage your notifications

If you don’t want too many notifications distracting you while you’re on your PS5 you can change how long pop-up notifications appear and whether or not they’re accompanied by a sound and a short preview of their contents. You can also turn off pop-up notifications completely if you want.

Avoid spoilers

It’s difficult to completely protect yourself against spoilers, but your PS5 can help when it comes to games. You’re able to turn on warnings, which will appear whenever someone tries to share a screenshot with you of game activity you haven’t got to yet. Screenshots can also be marked as potentially spoiler-y by game developers.

Configure your controller

You don’t have to accept the default DualSense wireless controller settings you’re given out of the box. Here you can set the vibration and trigger effect intensity, the press and hold delay, the controller speaker volume, and the brightness of the controller indicators by going to Accessories > Controller (General).

Change who can contact you

It’s important to review the privacy settings for every device you own, and the PlayStation 5 is no different. While you’re in Settings, open Users and Accounts > Privacy, and you’re able to limit some of the data sent to Sony, turn off tailored advertising, and more. There are options to make you less visible to other people through the PlayStation platform, such as setting who can find you in search results and send you friend requests. You can also put blocks on other people being able to see your online status, the game you’re currently playing, and your gaming history.

Enable voice commands

Sony has been testing a voice command feature for the PS5 in the US and the UK. Though it’s still in preview, it does mean you can perform certain actions (such as launching games and controlling media playback) with your voice.

Turn on Variable Refresh Rate

Your PS5 can automatically adjust the refresh rate of games for the smoothest possible performance, as long as you have it hooked up to a TV that supports the feature (check its specs list to see). You can also enable it for games that don’t explicitly support the feature (the results may vary in quality) by heading to Screen and Video > Video Output > VRR.

Set your preferred difficulty

Many games give you a choice when it comes to how difficult the experience of working through the game actually is, and there’s a master setting for this in the PS5 menus. You can choose between Easiest, Easy, Normal, Hard, Hardest or Game Default by opening Saved Data and Game/App Settings > Game Presets > Difficulty. You can still make adjustments within individual games themselves, but this will put a default in place so you can start playing at your preferred difficulty level more quickly.

Boost the text size

If you’re struggling to read everything displayed on the PS5 interface, you can change the size and style of the text on-screen. Simply select Accessibility > Display > Text Size to see the options. Just below, there’s a Bold Text setting that you can make use of as well. Note that games should follow the same configuration, so text should be easier to read in your games as well.

Congratulations! Now you know 11 ways to power up your gaming on your PS5.

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According to https://www.theverge.com/23673999/ps5-how-to-manage-playstation-console

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