Your DualSense Controller Just Got Even Better Thanks To New PS5 Update

PlayStation has released the new 24.02-09.00.00 update for its DualSense and DualSense Edge controllers to make for a far better overall gaming experience. The aim of the PS5's DualSense controller has been to better immerse players with haptic feedback and dynamic adaptive triggers that respond to the types of weapons being used in-game, such as the drawing of a bowstring or pulling a pistol's trigger.

As per the official PlayStation software update notes, the DualSense controller's built-in speakers can now produce higher volume sound to let players hear voice chat audio and in-game sounds such as the firing of webs in or the holocom's ringtone in more clearly. The DualSense's microphone input quality has also been improved with a new AI machine-learning model which suppresses background noise from button presses and game audio to create a better voice chat experience.

The newest batch of updates seems focused on improving the PlayStation 5 social mechanics overall. Other than the aforementioned audio enhancements, Sony has updated the Parties and Share Screen mechanics so players watching Share Screen can use pointers and emoji reactions to interact with the host's gameplay, letting them know a specific location on the screen, which can be useful for solving puzzles or if a player has got lost in a location.

The pointer and emoji features are available when the host turns on Viewer Interactions in the Share Screen settings.

The other features added in the 24.02-09.00.00 update include:

This update should come as good news to players about to jump into some of the PlayStation 5's impressive roster of games. The microphone enhancements in particular should come in handy, especially when playing hit multiplayer titles such as, which is a console exclusive for PlayStation 5 with crossplay for PC.

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