How To Enable 1440p On Your PlayStation 5 If You're Invited To The Party

Luckily for those users, Sony's latest PS5 beta is showcasing that 1440p may soon be available for everyone, along with a host of other new features and updates. Features such as gamelists, 3D spacial audio, and new social goodies. However, this particular beta is invite-only for the U.S., Canada, Japan, U.K, Germany, and France. So while you can opt-in for Sony's beta platform via either the PlayStation website on your account pages or via the control panels in your PS5 console, there is no guarantee you'll be granted access to the beta. Bummer.


Still, let's look through the features being added and, for those who receive an invite, how to enable them. Assuming you have a 1440p display, you would just need to go to your console's Settings, then Screen & Video. Under the Video Output options just select 1440p. You can even just run a test to see if your display supports 1440p output. Pretty straightforward if you ask us. Hopefully, this provides some improved fidelity for people who don't have 4K displays but do have 1440p ones.
Also added to this beta are gamelists. Much like Nintendo's Game Groups for the Nintendo Switch, there will now be better organizational features for your PS5 games. The feature allows for up to 15 gamelists with up to 100 games per list, and yes, games can be in multiple lists. There is also a nice little update showing prominent status and activity for games you may have stopped partway through, allowing you to load right back into the action where you left off.


Sound has always been a super important aspect of game design, and for Sony, the fidelity, quality, and immersion of games are a big deal too. Sony does also manufacture headphones of course. As such, this beta also includes some comparative features for the 3D audio feature and stereo audio.