{"id":421965,"date":"2026-02-12T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421965\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:30:08","slug":"new-ps5-firmware-update-available-to-download-now-heres-what-it-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421965\/","title":{"rendered":"New PS5 Firmware Update Available to Download Now, Here&#8217;s What It Does"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"PS5 Push Square\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/201b52fcebeeb\/ps5-push-square.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ps5-push-square.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" alt=\"PS5 Push Square\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet another PS5 firmware update has been pushed live by Sony, making the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/support\/hardware\/ps5\/system-software-info\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">firmware version 26.01-12.70.00<\/a>. If you&#8217;re looking for any substantial feature additions or tweaks, though, this isn&#8217;t the update for you.<\/p>\n<p>The PS5 firmware update will be distributed to consoles worldwide in stages, and here&#8217;s the single patch note attached to it:<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve improved system software performance and stability.<\/p>\n<p>As the update is being rolled out gradually, there&#8217;s a chance you won&#8217;t pull the PS5 firmware patch. You should still receive it in the coming days, though.<\/p>\n<p>Starting today, PS5 system software will be updated to version 26.01-12.70.00 in a phased release\u2728<\/p>\n<p>For information about the latest system software features or if you would like to update manually, please check our guide.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1PS5 system software update<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ANUhbrulMa\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ANUhbrulMa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/no3rgy58xZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/no3rgy58xZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AskPlayStation\/status\/2021918343947493882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Compared to the previous PS5 firmware update that arrived late last month, this is a minor one. Stability updates have become something of a meme on PS5, and Sony has hit us with another one. At least your system should run better having downloaded it!<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Celebrate more PS5 stability in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yet another PS5 firmware update has been pushed live by Sony, making the current firmware version 26.01-12.70.00. If&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1369,59,112,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-421965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-firmware-updates","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-ps5","11":"tag-sony","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}