{"id":546334,"date":"2026-04-23T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546334\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:00:09","slug":"ps5-firmware-update-out-now-we-hope-you-like-emojis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546334\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 Firmware Update Out Now, We Hope You Like Emojis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"PS5 Firmware Update Emojis\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/ce814a761e002\/ps5-firmware-update-emojis.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ps5-firmware-update-emojis.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"PS5 Firmware Update Emojis\"\/><\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n<p>PS5 firmware update 26.03-13.20.00 (catchy!) is available to download now.<\/p>\n<p>And this latest system software patch isn&#8217;t just your usual stability upgrade \u2014 it&#8217;s actually packing an all-important improvement&#8230; more reaction emojis. Get in!<\/p>\n<p>If you make use of messages on PS5, then you&#8217;ve probably noticed that you can &#8216;react&#8217; to text from other people with a small selection of emojis, like a laughing face, or a thumbs up.<\/p>\n<p>This update adds a broader range of reactions, allowing you to (hopefully) fulfil your communicative dreams.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all. The patch also improves the readability and usability of some screens. We assume this refers to some very minor visual tweaks across the console&#8217;s user interface.<\/p>\n<p>For the sake of professionalism, here are the very short patch notes:<\/p>\n<p>PS5 Firmware Update 26.03-13.20.00 Patch Notes<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve added more emojis that you can use for message reactions.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve improved the messages and usability on some screens.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be making immediate use of those emoji reactions? Go overboard with a laughing-crying face, or just give us a stoic thumbs up, in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square PS5 firmware update 26.03-13.20.00 (catchy!) is available to download now. And this latest system software&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546335,"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-546334","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\/546334","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=546334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}