PlayStation 4 system software

Orbis OS
Operating system and user interface of the PlayStation 4 in 1.01 version
DeveloperSony Interactive Entertainment
Written inC, C++ for PS Plus and online services settings / PPC
OS familyUnix-like, (FreeBSD)[1]
Working stateCurrent
Source modelClosed source
Initial release1.01 / November 15, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-11-15)[2]
Latest release12.00 / September 12, 2024; 60 days ago (2024-09-12)[3]
Available inArabic, 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 methodDirect download
PlayStation 4 Format Blu-ray Disc
Download to USB
Platforms
Kernel typeMonolithic with dynamically loadable modules
Default
user interface
PlayStation Dynamic Menu[5]
Preceded byPlayStation 3 (system software)
Succeeded byPlayStation 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.

  1. ^ "Open Source Software used in PlayStation®4". Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "PlayStation 4 Release Date". IGN. February 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "PS4 system software update features (US)". PlayStation.
  4. ^ "System Language". PlayStation 4 User's Guide. Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc. March 24, 2022.
  5. ^ 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.