It’s that time of the month again, as PS5 console owners can boot up their machine and download a fresh firmware update for their hardware. Version 26.01-12.60.00 brings the usual stability improvements to your PS5, along with a few extra enhancements to messages, friend widgets, and general usability.
If you’re a social gamer, then you can take advantage of a new feature that will allow you to jump directly from the Friends Activity widget in your Welcome Hub and into the games that they’re playing–which will make joining a session of Street Fighter 6 a little easier.
PS5 Version: 26.01-12.12.60 update notes
- You can now jump directly from the Friends Activity widget in your Welcome Hub to the games your friends are playing.
- You can now turn on read receipts to show other players when you’ve read their messages.
- To turn on your read receipts, go to Settings > Users and Accounts > Privacy > View and Customise Your Privacy Settings. Under Communication and multiplayer, set Show read receipts to other players on PS5 and PlayStation App to Allow.
- This feature will be rolled out gradually, and some users will be able to use it when the system software update is released.
- We’ve improved the messages and usability on some screens.
- We’ve improved system software performance and stability.
This is the first PS5 update of 2026, following the release of version 25.08-12.40.00 in December 2025. As usual, this update featured incremental upgrades to the console firmware, adding improvements to system stability, messages, and usability on some screens.
