OREANDA-NEWS Sony has begun testing the next major PlayStation 4 firmware at number 7.0. One of the main innovations of the latest version of the OS will be the expansion and improvement of "Parties", which was announced in early June. PlayStation testing program members have already received their download codes, each of which can be activated twenty times. This is probably due to the fact that the old and the new "Parties" are incompatible with each other, so the tests should capture your friends.

The main features of the new voice chat, the beta test of which has already passed: support for up to 16 players (now - 8); sound quality improvement; improving the quality of the connection.

In addition, Sony has improved the process of updating the console. Some subsequent firmware will not even require a system reboot, and certain patches will automatically installed on the PS4 if the corresponding option is enabled.