It was confirmed in November that Sony would be brining Remote Play game streaming to both the Mac and PC platforms to the PlayStation 4, but no firm date was announced at that time. Well, we still don’t have a definite date, but we do know that the feature is on the way as part of the next major update for the popular console, version 3.50.
Sony is seeding the 3.50 PlayStation beta today. Alas, one feature is missing from the beta. (You get three guesses, and the first two don’t count.)
Remote Play (PC/Mac) – We’re bringing PS4 Remote Play to Windows PC and Mac. This feature won’t be available to test in the beta, but you can look forward to it soon.
The new beta also includes a number of other new features…
New Social Features
- Friend Online Notification – Want to know the moment your friends come online? With this update, you can, as we’ve added an option to be notified when members of your friends list sign on the network.
- Appear Offline – Sometimes you want to play a game or watch a movie without being bothered by friends. Now it’s easier to go incognito as we’ve added the option to appear offline. You can designate if you would like to appear offline when you log-in or at any time from your Profile or the Quick Menu.
- User Scheduled Event – Time for a play date! We’ve added the ability to schedule a future gameplay session with your friends on the system. When your event starts, users who registered for the event will automatically be added to a party so you can start playing right away.
- Play Together – This features allows all members of a Party to see what each person is playing so that you can easily join a friend’s game, or start a new game together.
Other New System Features
- Remote Play (PC/Mac) – We’re bringing PS4 Remote Play to Windows PC and Mac. This feature won’t be available to test in the beta, but you can look forward to it soon.
- Dailymotion – With this update, you’ll be able to live stream directly to Dailymotion on PS4. We’ll also support archiving live broadcasts, like we do for other streaming services.
If you’ve been holding off buying a PlayStation 4 until Remote Play became available for your Mac or PC, you’ll be glad to know Amazon has a number of sellers offering the console, both alone, and in numerous bundles.
