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 Operating system and user interface of the PlayStation 4 in 1.01 version | |
| Developer | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Written in | C, C++ for PS Plus and online services settings / PPC |
| OS family | Unix-like, (FreeBSD)[1] |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Closed source |
| Initial release | 1.01 / November 15, 2013[2] |
| Latest release | 12.00 / September 12, 2024[3] |
| Available in | Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese[4] |
| Update method | Direct download PlayStation 4 Format Blu-ray Disc Download to USB |
| Platforms | |
| Kernel type | Monolithic with dynamically loadable modules |
| Default user interface | PlayStation Dynamic Menu[5] |
| Preceded by | PlayStation 3 (system software) |
| Succeeded by | PlayStation 5 (system software) |
| Official website | |
The PlayStation 4 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 4. The operating system is Orbis OS, based on FreeBSD 9.
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- ^ "PlayStation 4 Release Date". IGN. February 4, 2013.
- ^ "PS4 system software update features (US)". PlayStation.
- ^ "System Language". PlayStation 4 User's Guide. Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc. March 24, 2022.
- ^ Hurley, Leon (August 20, 2013). "PS4 dynamic menu featured live video feeds of friends games & game-specific messaging". Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.